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Choose a Page:What is evolution?Can an animal evolve an extra limb?Has mankind changed the course of ...Does evolution always work?Do plants evolve?When did evolution start?When did flowers evolve?Why do birds have beaks?*Who discovered evolution?*Can the same creature evolve twice?Why are cave fish blind?When does extinction occur?Is evolution dangerous? Who discovered evolution? Charles Darwin was the first person to realise that animals evolved and to explain how it happened. He wrote his ideas in a book called The Origin of Species. This caused a lot of argument at first, but today most scientists agree with Darwin. Darwin created the theory of evolution   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Nature Chapter: Evolution