1859 - Origin of the Species
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Written by Charles Darwin describing the theories of evolution and natural selection was a new and more modern way of understanding how the animals on the planet became to be, and how humans evolved from lesser species over time. This of course displeased the Catholic church, which was trying to feed the population the creation story, but when Darwin came along and gave more concrete evidence of evolution, the Church had to do a lot of explaining.

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