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Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist best recognised for his contributions to evolution research. His theory that all living things originated from common ancestors is now generally recognised and regarded as a fundamental principle in science. He proposed his scientific idea that this branching pattern of evolution stemmed from a mechanism he called natural selection, in which the battle for existence has a comparable impact as the artificial selection involved in selective breeding, in a joint paper with Alfred Russel Wallace. Darwin has been called "one of the most significant personalities in human history,"[9] and he was burie
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