After more than 20 years, Charles Darwin's missing notebooks are returned
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The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to Cambridge University's Library last month. They'll be on display soon as part of a Darwin exhibition.
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A set of rare notebooks filled with notes by Charles Darwin have been anonymously returned to the University of Cambridge, over 20 years after they were initially reported missing.
The notebooks were wrapped in plastic and left in a bright pink gift bag, with no obvious signs of damage, outside a Cambridge University librarian’s office.
Believed to have been stolen, the manuscripts worth millions went missing two decades ago. They were now returned in a gift bag with an Easter greeting to the librarian.
The two notebooks — one of which includes Darwin's famous 1837 "Tree of Life" sketch — were returned to Cambridge University's Library in March. They went missing in January 2001.
LONDON (AP) — Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.
Announced by the university on April 5, the very satirical turn of two priceless Charles Darwin notebooks to the Cambridge University Library, in a pink package complete with "Happy Easter" wishes, has the Cambridge constabulary puzzling anew. Here, a breakdown of what we know of the theft.
The two notebooks were anonymously returned to the Cambridge University Library 22 years after they went missing. A note addressed to the librarian read: “Happy Easter.”
Two of Charles Darwin's notebooks containing his pioneering ideas on evolution and his famous "Tree of Life" sketch have been returned anonymously after going missing for 21 years, Cambridge University Library said on Tuesday.
LONDON — Two notebooks owned by British naturalist Charles Darwin, including one containing a sketch of his famous Tree of Life, have been returned to Cambridge University’s library, more than
The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to Cambridge University's Library last month. They'll be on display soon as part of a Darwin exhibition.
