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Article: GEOLOGY PROFESSOR EXPLAINS VINDICATION OF CHARLES DARWIN'S WORK BY ACADEMY'S EXPEDITION

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Sonoma State University issued the following press release:

The vindication of Charles Darwin's evolutionary work by a California Academy of Sciences expedition is the focus of a talk to be presented at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at College of Marin's OIney Hall.

Sonoma State University Paleontology Professor Matt James will discuss "Collecting Evolution: The Untold Story of the Vindication of Charles Darwin by the 1905-06 Galapagos Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences."

James says "The enduring legacy of the 1905-06 expedition encompasses much of what we know about Galapagos today, including giant tortoise taxonomy, David Lack's concept of "Darwin's Finches," plant zonation ...

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