National Geographic Magazine February 2009

Targeted News Service | January 16, 2009 | Copyright

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DARWIN'S FIRST CLUES (Cover Story), by David Quammen (Page 34) In a story marking the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth, David Quammen notes that Darwin's journey toward the concept of evolution began not in the GalÃ¯Â¿Â½pagos but three years before, on a blustery beach along the north coast of Argentina. Never mind the notion of Darwin's finches. His first real clue about evolution wasn't even a living creature. It was a trove of fossils of armadillos and sloths.

MODERN DARWINS, by Matt Ridley, photographed by Lynn ...

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