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5 july 1904 berlin germany neudamm dębno , poland -rrb- -lrb- mark brandenburg -rrb- , germany -lrb- today german zoologist and paleontologist 5 december 1839 discovery of evolution in snails franz martin hilgendorf.jpg franz martin hilgendorf
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franz martin hilgendorf

franz martin hilgendorf -lrb- 5 december 1839 -- 5 july 1904 -rrb- was a german zoologist and paleontologist .
hilgendorf 's research on fossil snails from the steinheim crater in the early 1860s became a palaeontological evidence for the theory of evolution published by charles darwin in 1859 .
