Collection of Charles Darwin's fossils discovered.

World News Today – British scientists discovered dozens of fossils of a collection owned by Charles Darwin, originator of the theory of evolution.

Howard Falcon-Lang, a palaentolog Royal Holloway University of London, found it by accident when stumbling upon a wooden box containing the glass sample preparations that contain microscopic fossils.

Collection that has been missing for 165 years before it finally found again today.

Using a flashlight, looking glass preparations, Falcon-Lang found the label “C. Darwin Esq”, which indicates that the collection belonged to Charles Darwin.

“It took a while for me to convince myself that there are signatures on the glass Darwin’s preparations,” said Falcon-Lang told the AP on Tuesday (17/01/2012).

Falcon-Lang describes his feelings. “My God, what I found.”

Box preparations have been found containing a collection of 314 specimens that Darwin collected and his close associates, botanists John Hooker, and Darwin’s mentor, John Henslow.

The first specimen taken from a collection box is drawn from the results of using the HMS Beagle expedition Darwin.

“Finding a treasure trove of Darwin’s specimens from the Beagle voyage is lost very impressive. We can see many things to learn. There are so many fossils in there that we do not know of its existence,” said Falcon-Lang.

One of the preparations were found containing sample prototaxis, mushrooms about the size of the tree 400 million years.

Other specimens found are preparations that contain fossilized wood that has been slashed and affixation to study under a microscope. Some preparations are sized fairly long, reaching 15 cm.

“How did this collection can be neglected, it is still a mystery,” said Falcon-Lang. Allegedly, Darwin was not so well known in 1846 that his collection is not treated.

Meanwhile, the Royal Holloway, University of London, said the collection was neglected because Hooker has not had time to register it. 1851, the collection was transferred to the Museum of Practical Geology in Piccadilly, and then to the Museum of Geology South Keningston 1935, until finally the British Geological Survey.

This collection has actually been found in April 2011 then. However, it took a long time to photograph each sample in the microscope. Photographs exhibited to the public starting today.

Falcon-Lang hope there will be a lot of fascinating research results derived from this invention. (AP)