# Happy Evolution Day!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 24, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993 "2012-11-24T17:19:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/1 "2012-11-24T17:19:07Z")

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On this date in 1859, Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” and the world has never been the same.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/2 "2012-11-24T17:33:43Z")

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Were you there? If not, it didn’t happen!

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/3 "2012-11-24T19:40:39Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Were you there? If not, it didn’t happen!

Very nice.

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/4 "2012-11-24T21:23:56Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Were you there? If not, it didn’t happen!

I guess that speaks much worse for virtually every religion.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/5 "2012-11-25T11:46:20Z")

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Wallace was robbed I say. Robbed!

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/6 "2012-11-25T14:14:17Z")

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Which Wallace? Alfred? William? and Grommit? There should be a family tree that will tell us which one you’re talking about.

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-evolution-day/641993/7 "2012-11-25T16:21:46Z")

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I really need to get around to reading that. I got a copy for Christmas last year and it’s just been sitting on a shelf.