In Darwin’s footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition

Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (AFP) May 21, 2024

Like Charles Darwin did in 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists last year set sail from the English port of Plymouth, headed for the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador.

But what they found on their arrival last month differed vastly from what naturalist Darwin saw while visiting the archipelago in 1835, in a trip key to developing his world-changing theory on natural sel
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