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#OTD in 1859.

Charles Darwin sent John Murray the first three chapters, and a proposal for the book's title. An early draft title page suggests On the Mutability of Species. In September the main title still included "An essay on the origin of species and varieties", but Darwin now proposed dropping "varieties".

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On the Origin of Species at PG:
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Cropped and rotated version of Image:Origin of Species.jpg, which is of the title page and the facing page of the 1859 Murray edition of the Origin of species by Charles Darwin.
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Christopher Cookson
Over 70% of earth's surface is covered in water, but probably over 99% of photographs are taken in air.
This is the first time I've ever seen or managed to photograph a member of the Sphaeromatidae family of isopods, in a shallow rock pool.
It's also the first time I've seen an active limpet, rather than as they usually appear, inert, clamped to rocks while the tide is out.
The stripy tentacle like appendages are fascinating.

#photography #underwaterphotography #newzealand #naturalhistory #naturelover #nznature #invertebrate #animals #nature #wildlifeohotography
small crustacean on a limpet in a rock pool
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Carolannie

Ecologists contend with the fact that many ecosystems we love and want to restore and rewild are in fact human-created ecosystems. Native plants in these systems are indeed native but selected by humans in human-created ecosystems. Which means insects, animals and other biota in those systems are influenced by humans.

We will never go back to pre-human ecosystems. Our world is shaped by our behavior. We depend on our world to survive. Our world depends on us to survive. We depend on each other to survive.

We are part of nature, we shape nature, we try to optimize it for our survival. We are natural beings. We are part of the world's ecosystems.

#Ecology #Ecosystems #NaturalHistory #IndigenousEcosystems #Restoration #Conservation

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