01-Jul: On this day in 1858, #CharlesDarwin finally went public with his theory of evolution by means of natural selection, with the publication of back-to-pack papers by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, who had independently arrived at the same idea. More here… #HistSci
http://friendsofdarwin.com/articles/darwin-goes-public/

@chrisaldrich Unfortunately not, but I have held one of the fossils Darwin collected during the Beagle Voyage: http://friendsofdarwin.com/articles/darwin-fossil-hunt/

@richardcarter Those were good friends indeed!