Who wrote the book "The Origin of Species"?
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Stephen Hawkin
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Charles Darwin
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Alexander Fleming
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Louis Pasteur
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Correct answer
Explanation
Charles Darwin wrote 'On the Origin of Species' (full title: 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life') published in 1859. This revolutionary book presented Darwin's scientific theory that populations evolve over generations through natural selection. It forms the foundation of evolutionary biology. Stephen Hawking is a physicist, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and Louis Pasteur contributed to germ theory and vaccination.