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“The evolution of the human race will not be accomplished in the ten thousand years of tame animals, but in the million years of wild animals, because man is, and always will be, a wild animal.”

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Charles Galton Darwin
Charles Galton Darwin

Charles Galton Darwin was a British physicist born on December 18, 1887, and died on December 31, 1962. He was known for his significant contributions to the fields of quantum mechanics and nuclear physics. more

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