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SUMMARY:A Journey through Time: Revisiting the Landfalls of Darwin's Voyag
 e of the Beagle - Prof David Catling (University of Washington)
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CONTACT:Dr Arthur Dudney
DESCRIPTION:In 1831\, at the age of 22\, Charles Darwin set off on a voyag
 e around the world that lasted almost 5 years. What Darwin discovered fore
 most was the vastness of time and its dramatic cumulative effects in geolo
 gy. After he returned\, his theory of biological evolution arose with a pa
 rallel reliance on deep time. More recently\, the specific biological and 
 cultural worlds that Darwin visited have often vanished or changed dramati
 cally since his voyage in ways that have remained poorly documented as a w
 hole. On the other hand\, some places – typically now in reserves or par
 ks – contain landscapes exactly as Darwin described them\, albeit with d
 ifferent scientific interpretations. For over 15 years\, I have retraced D
 arwin's inland journeys in S. American countries\, New Zealand\, Australia
 \, Mauritius\, S. Africa\, and numerous small islands (such as Cocos-Keeli
 ng\, St. Helena\, Ascension\, Terceira\, the Falklands\, and the Galapagos
 ) to write a book with the theme of time\, including the “then and now
 ” of Darwin’s voyage\, some aspects of which I will share.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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