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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Fricker

Charles Darwin 'tree of life' notebooks returned to library 20 years after disappearing

Two notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to a university library two decades after they vanished.

The tiny leather-bound books are worth millions of pounds each and include the legendary scientist’s iconic “tree of life” sketch.

They were written in 1837 and disappeared from Cambridge University library in 2000 after being taken out for a photo shoot.

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