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Carlos Espinosa with Paola Lopez in Quito

In Darwin's Footsteps: Scientists Recreate Historic 1830s Expedition

The Oosterschelde set out from Plymouth, England, in August 2023 (Credit: AFP)

Like Charles Darwin did in 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists last year set sail from the English port of Plymouth, headed for the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador.

But what they found on their arrival last month differed vastly from what naturalist Darwin saw while visiting the archipelago in 1835, in a trip key to developing his world-changing theory on natural selection.

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