... gaps in the genealogy, in which a generation or two is skipped and the name of a grandson or great-grandson is substituted for the name of a son. Such gaps can be demonstrated in some biblical genealogies. (In Matthew 1:8, for instance, Matthew skips three generations from Joram to Uzziah, apparently to maintain a symmetry ... passed down for ages, but there is one man who made this theory widely known. Charles Darwin was born on Feb. 12, 1809, as the son of a well-known doctor. Darwin was a rather poor student in school, but he was intrigued by taking specimen samples and dealing with ...

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