Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

12715585_10205420331614906_7442981047001865397_nHere’s to celebrating a man who has contributed so much to evolutionary theory, literature, & many other aspects of our lives!

In honor of this great (& dashing, look at that beard!) man, here is a photo of me with him, or at least a cardboard cut-out of him, at his birthday party that the Anthropology department at my school held!

In true Darwin fashion, his little get-together consisted of tea, scones, & a ridiculously obscure quiz of Darwin-facts that I, sadly, did not win.

Did you know that Charles Darwin once ate a live beetle? I did not, which is probably why I did not win the grand prize…

Anyways, here I leave you with one of my favorite Darwin quotes to ponder:

“We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.”
Charles Darwin

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