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Darwin’s Early Work on the Theory of Evolution

Friday, November 6th, 2009

I have seen that what we have understood by the word “origin” or “transmutation” of species before Darwin’s work were published, is the comparatively elementary inquiry whether the allied species of each genus had or had not been derived from one another and from some common ancestor, by the commonplace method of procreation and […]

History of Family Names

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

A family name is also referred to as a last name or surname. It is a fixed name that is shared in common with other members in a family and passed down from one generation to the next. Using a family is something somewhat new in our history and was created to be able to […]