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…showed last 75 words of 551 total…through an insect bite while in South America. He left behind eight children, some of whom achieved great distinction. Though Darwin was not the sole originator of the evolution hypothesis, nor even the first to apply the concept of the descent of plants and animals, he was the first thinker to gain acceptance for the theories from other biologists. Because of him, the theory was raised from a hypothesis to a verifiable theory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**