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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
TASMANIAN TIGER (THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS)
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John Gould was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.
Gould was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of a gardener, and the boy probably had a scanty education. Shortly afterwards (showing 500 of 8188 characters). |
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