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| 1785 - said the earth is actually millions of years old, not thousands |
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| 1833 - wrote in "Principles of Geology" that the earth has changed slowly over millions of years |
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| 1809 - "Inheritance of acquired traits" - if a species didn't use a trait, it wouldn't be passed on; he was shunned |
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| 1798 - was the first to say that if the human population continued to grow, it would run out of food and space |
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| 1858 - studied in Malaysia and wrote to Darwin about changes in plants and animals, which motivated Darwin to finally publish "On the Origin of Species" |
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