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The first stop on the second voyage of the HMS Beagle was at St. Jago in the Cape Verde Islands. Darwin's first journal entry was made here. Darwin's focus on the island was mainly geological, writing about the slow formation of the islands over extremely long periods of time. Scott Peterson / Getty Images / Newscom
In South America Darwin made inland expeditions accompanied by locals. Depicted is a lake in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina. Louise Thomson / Newscom
Darwin and the HMS Beagle spent about one month in Salvador, Brazil, at the time a large port city. Darwin had the chance to visit tropical rain forests. This image depicts the city in 2002, crowded by celebrating Brazilians at the annual festival of carnival. Xando P./Atarde/Aestado / Newscom
In March of 1832, the expedition reached Rio de Janeiro. Darwin was able to make another expedition inland. The ship's surgeon, Robert McCormack, himself an amateur naturalist, left the expedition and returned to England, jealous of the ease with which Darwin was able to conduct his research. This photograph depicts a modern hotel in the city. Newscom
In November 1832 in Buenos Aires, Darwin purchased fragments of some enormous bones, assured that they belonged to former giants. He attempted to obtain as many fossils as possible. This image depicts modern Buenos Aires, the largest city in Argentina. Louise Thomson / Newscom
In Montevideo, Darwin obtained a copy of the second volume of Charles Lyell's book 'Principles of Geology', which theorized that species had been formed at different locations around the world, and been affected by their environments, some going extinct. This image depicts the Italian sailing ship Adriatica, moored east of Montevideo. The ship is ready to set sail for Naples, after making the same stopovers that Darwin did two centuries earlier. MIGUEL ROJO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
Upon reaching Tierra del Fuego, the crew made contact with native peoples. They considered them to be much more savage than others they had seen prior. Darwin later used his impressions in 'The Descent of Man' to support his theory that man had evolved from a primitive to a civilized state. This photograph depicts a rainbow at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina from a cruise ship. Newscom
The expedition continued to the Falkland Islands, where Darwin conducted more research on the relationships of species to their habitats, and on fossils he discovered there. Shown here are a group of penguins at Lagoon Bluff Cove. Peter Crimes / Newscom
In January 1834, the HMS Beagle entered the Straits of Magellan, to travel up the west coast of South America. Show here is the 100-year-old lighthouse at the entrance of the Straits of Magellan. Newscom
In November 1834, the HMS Beagle witnessed the eruption of the volcano Osorno, in the Andes from the Chronos Archipelago. Newscom
Darwin reached the Galapagos Islands in September 1835. It was his time on the islands, and his observations of slightly differing species of Chilean mockingbirds from island to island that pointed Darwin toward his later theories of evolution. Here, a bird expels a Mistletoe Seed on a cactus. Gary Braasch/ZUMA Press/Newscom
Schooling Yellow Tailed Surgeonfish gather in the ocean near the Galapagos Islands. Palmer / VWPics / Newscom
Darwin's interest in geology was peaked by the newly formed, volcanic, Galapagos islands. He made many notes about the unique structures formed by the molten rock on the islands. In this image from May 30, 2008, lava flows down the Cerro Azul volcano on Isabela Island, the largest of the Galapagos islands. HO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
Darwin also observed that tortoises differed from island to island. This observation would help him formulate his ideas about evolution, later. After leaving the islands, the crew of the HMS Beagle dined on Galapagos tortoises. Kike Calvo / V&W / Newscom
The HMS Beagle arrived in Tahiti in November 1835. Darwin observed the intelligent natives, believing that they displayed the benefits of European missionary visits. This photograph depicts a view of the island of Moorea, French Polynesia from Tahiti. Wojtek Buss / Newscom
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Australian scientists believe that they now understand how a reddish, dog-sized carnivore could have wound up on the Falkland Islands, 285 miles from the nearest mainland, some 16,000 years ago.
The mystery surrounding the origin of a wolflike predator that once lived near Antarctica — a puzzle that stumped even Charles Darwin — has now been solved, researchers say.
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