How old was the world thought to be when Darwin began his voyage? How old is it thought to be now? What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: When Darwin left, the world was thought to be about 6000 years old and that humans had
essentially existed since the beginning. Darwin's contemporary Lyell suggested the Earth
was millions of years old based on geological processes. We now know the Earth to be
closer to four and a half billion years old.

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Which property of water molecules is

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