Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of the theory of evolution by natural selection!

Today, the 20th August 2008, is the 150th anniversary of the publication of the theory of evolution by natural selection by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. To read their epoch-making paper click HERE and to read an account of how they came to publish the theory together click HERE.



I wonder how many people will remember this anniversary. I suspect just a handful worldwide...