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June 20, 2024

Jose Lozano spent 10 days on the Galapagos Islands doing research.

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Charles Darwin, the founding father of the theory of evolution arrived at the Galapagos Islands on the ship The Beagle in autumn 1835. Jose visited the same place as part of Darwin200 expedition. He spent three days with Charles Darwin’s great-great-granddaughter Sarah Darwin. He searched for the endemic tomatoes Solanum cheesmaniae and Solanum galapagense.

Picture: Jose Lozano (right) with Pieter van ‘t Hof, Sarah Darwin en Iwan Astudillo Estévez. Selfie Jose Lozano.

Read the article by Roelof Kleis in Resourse