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November 24

4 sourced moments from November 24 in history: Darwin's On the Origin of Species went on sale (1859); Darwin's Origin of Species had 1,250 copies and no 'evolution' (1859); D.B. Cooper Parachuted Away and Vanished (1971), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 24

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1974 Human Body & Mind · Anatomy

Lucy was found at Hadar, Ethiopia, on November 24, 1974

Who really found the 3.18-million-year-old Lucy, and how scientists know her age, sex and that all 47 bones belong to one individual.

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1971 Society & Economy · Crime

D.B. Cooper Parachuted Away and Vanished

On a stormy Thanksgiving eve, a polite hijacker leapt from a jet with a fortune in cash and was never seen again.

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1859 Nature & Animals · Evolution

Darwin's On the Origin of Species went on sale

On 24 November 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, and the entire trade printing was snapped up almost at once.

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1859 History · Archaeology

Darwin's Origin of Species had 1,250 copies and no 'evolution'

The 1859 first edition was oversold before publication day, and Darwin did not use the word 'evolution' in the book until the sixth edition.

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