Images Dated 30th April 2008

Alfred Russel Wallace K960210

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Historic photograph of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Wallace was a proponent of natural selection whose paper on the subject (1858) prompted Darwin to publish "On the Origin of Species" (1859). Wallace was a keen supporter of Darwin's theory and later published "Darwinism" (1889)

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A man walks through a rice paddy field during sunset in Nikaho, northern Japan

A man walks through a rice paddy field during sunset in Nikaho, northern Japan April 30, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN) - GM1E44U1NRC01

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G. Marcello kneeling before St. Marco and St. Jerome and the coat of arms of the Marcello

MMT215666 G. Marcello kneeling before St. Marco and St. Jerome and the coat of arms of the Marcello Familly, 1537 (vellum) by Italian School, (16th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: G. marcello agenouille devant saint Marc, saint Jerome, blason de la famille Marcello; Serment de Girolamo Marcello, elu Procuratore di San Marco';); Italian, out of copyright

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