capital of Northern Territory, Australia: seaport on the Timor Sea: pop. 69,000
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(därˈwĭn)
A city of northern Australia on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. It was founded as Palmerston in 1869 and renamed in 1911. Population: 106,000.
, Charles Robert 1809-1882.
British naturalist who revolutionized the study of biology with his theory of evolution based on natural selection. His most famous works include Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871).
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Dar·winˈi·an adjective & n.
, Erasmus 1731-1802.
British physician, scientist, and poet whose Zoonomia (1794-1796) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles.