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jun 1, 1773 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1773)

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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo was the first to suggest that humans descended from primates and that organisms can transform their characteristics in response to the environment over long time intervals.

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jun 1, 1773
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~ 253 years ago

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