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Inside The Pig War Of 1859, When A Dead Pig Almost Triggered A Battle Between America And Great Britain
On June 15, 1859, an American settler named Lyman Cutlar noticed a pig rooting around in his potato patch on one of the San Juan Islands. The pig had "been at several times a great annoyance," and the ...
In 1859, 24 Rabbits ‘Colonized’ A New Continent—A Biologist Tells The Story
Introduced for the sake of sport, the entry of these rabbits to Australia marked the beginning of an infestation that would continue to plague the ecosystem over 150 years later.
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Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species ... animals and fossils during a five-year voyage around the world in the 19th century. Darwin visited four continents on the ship HMS Beagle.