Platypus, echidna specimens that helped prove evolution discovered in Cambridge museum
Collected by British scientist William Caldwell, the specimen jars helped change the course of scientific thinking and supported the theory of evolution.
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Collected by British scientist William Caldwell, the specimen jars helped change the course of scientific thinking and supported the theory of evolution.
The specimens were found in stores at Cambridge’s University Museum of Zoology which assistant director Jack Ashby said was ‘pretty amazing’
Collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, the tiny samples were found in the stores of Cambridge's University Museum of Zoology.
Collected by British scientist William Caldwell, the specimen jars helped change the course of scientific thinking and supported the theory of evolution.
Collected by British scientist William Caldwell, the specimen jars helped change the course of scientific thinking and supported the theory of evolution.