Of course the person brought them back remained anonymous, imagine the fine for late books for 20 years.

@zamiadams4343

2 жыл бұрын

Classic! Hahahahaha

@anushkasharma102

2 жыл бұрын

😂👏👏

@slazerlombardi

2 жыл бұрын

I'll say about 3 fiddy

@alikhan-uh3sq

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect response!!!!

@sandal_thong8631

2 жыл бұрын

I found a library book in my grandfather's house that my mom checked out 20 + years earlier. They were happy to get it back, but the card-checkout system had changed. No fine.

"But exactly who took them remains a missing link". You'd been waiting to say that all day, girl.

@weepingbones_2

2 жыл бұрын

hehe evolution joke

@prestonphelps1649

2 жыл бұрын

with all the camaras in uk? come on.

@jibrilrahim1930

2 жыл бұрын

Let's contact the god of the gaps to find the missing link

@vrclckd-zz3pv

2 жыл бұрын

@@prestonphelps1649 they went missing 20 years ago in a building that was undergoing renovations so there's no CCTV of them going missing. The video did say that police were investigating CCTV of the location they were returned to.

@betchface752

2 жыл бұрын

If the great library of Alexandria all of a sudden reappeared, you would stop asking oh who burnt it! Haha

wow. A great news for a change. 20 years is a bit long to read two notebooks, but still great to have them back

Imagine if they were just doing a little Spring cleaning and whilst going through their college book bag they find these two notebooks which they had mistakenly forgotten to put back 20 years ago.

@a.j.atkinsonart1082

2 жыл бұрын

Or, possibly found in a recently seized very rich person's private collection ? This market is rife, will be kept quiet as so many 'authentic' museum exhibits are replica replacements.

@dianedenham5259

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone died and their relatives wanted to return them without damaging their relative's reputation?

@a.j.atkinsonart1082

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianedenham5259 Could be. Could either be a very good forgery, they've had over 20 years to complete it, if so, now the heat is off the original.

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

They wrote "Happy Easter," so it was most likely a Christian that stole them as they consider Darwin their enemy. This is just more religious people committing crimes in the name of their god(s). I guess we are lucky the library wasn't burned down or blown up. Even today, saying what Darwin said in a number of countries would get you executed by the religious.

@Fondrom

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think Charles Darwin's hand-written books are for students to take home from the library.. they're worth millions

This is very “Time Traveler returning something they borrowed” energy

Seems humbling how simplistic Darwin’s notes and observations seem to us in the modern day but how radical and unexplored they were in his day.

@mathsdebater231

2 жыл бұрын

An intelligence man he was

@TenzinLundrup

2 жыл бұрын

We take these ideas for granted but you're right, it took great insight and courage to see them.

I didn't even know they were stolen. It's good that they've been returned though

Attached was a note that read "Sorry, please don't revoke my library card."

@zawwin1846

2 жыл бұрын

Better late than never. Just 20 years

@druunderwood5602

2 жыл бұрын

Ape not kill ape. You're not trying. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ap-Nw5WLmMvVZsY.html

This is a pretty amazing story. A thief with a conscience is almost as rare as those notebooks. I imagine they turned out to be nearly impossible to sell. I’m surprised the thief didn’t try to ransom them. Cambridge needs to up it’s security.

@faithworldleader6891

2 жыл бұрын

The thief probably died or got sick and a family member or caregiver found them and returned them. I'm just glad they didn't destroy them. Here, in the US, Darwin is not well liked by evangelicals and their ilk. They would have had a barbecue with them.

@NHarts3

2 жыл бұрын

@@faithworldleader6891 I was thinking the same, that the thief probably died and a relative found it while clearing the house. Obviously they would want to return it but not be linked to the initial theft.

@bubbles190

2 жыл бұрын

Probably tried to sell it and couldn't

@kelliepatrick519

2 жыл бұрын

@@faithworldleader6891 I agree with that statement about the evangelicals. They truly believe that we 'believe' in evolution because Darwin wrote about it. They cannot understand that we 'accept' Evolution by Natural Selection because of 150 years of accumulated evidence. It's why they try so hard to discredit Darwin, that if he 'went away', so would the theory...lol.

@kinngrimm

2 жыл бұрын

I somewhat doubt the original thief gave them back, but rather his heirs.

one of the most precious discoveries of recent years 😊

22 years? The thief was just waiting for evolution to run its course before naturally selecting to return them.

@teresadragstream8648

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

The director is an absolute joy. I love people who feel so passionate.

That'll be a hefty library fine

@rickywise9614

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

Probably they were returned because they were too hot to be sold anywhere

@morsmagne

2 жыл бұрын

It was probably an academic because they knew exactly who and where to return them. They knew they would be able to access the building unchallenged. I expect they have a career in evolutionary biology and ‘grew up’.

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

@@morsmagne - They wrote, "Happy Easter" which suggests it was a Christian with a grudge against Darwin. The religious always do crazy nonsense in the name of their gods.

@morsmagne

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyoneCanSee I know a professor of primatology who's a practising Christian in a choir. It must be tough to make it to professor in an environment where some collegues could be agnostic and have strong opinions. Nevertheless, Christian biologists do exist - it's just that most people don't talk about that sort of thing at work.

@teresadragstream8648

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@paparas1159

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyoneCanSee maybe.. they wrote it to throw ashes in the eyes of the investigators.. An extra element for an extra wild goose chase to win some time

This story is evolving by the hour.

wait, did I get that right: last seen in November 2000, but the appeal to return them only was made public 15months ago?

@vrclckd-zz3pv

2 жыл бұрын

That's the most recent appeal, not necessarily the first one.

@AndrewofWare

2 жыл бұрын

As the library was being renovated at the time the books went missing the library assumed they must have been misplaced. It took years to finish the search and it was only then that the library realised the books had been stolen.

Why weren't the hands that were handling the notebook wearing gloves?

What a lovely mystery!

Well this situation EVOLVED nicely

One of two things likely to have occured after the earlier publicity, either the person who originally took them returned them or a relative returned them either way it looks like they don't want people to know who had them

I know that they were "stolen" and there was a crime committed, and disagree with me if you must, but whoever returned them, thief or not, deserves a "Thank you". Many great works have been lost/stolen throughout history, the fact that these made their way back shows someone had the heart to bring them back and not get caught up in Black Market Greed.

@andyginterblues2961

2 жыл бұрын

Probably whoever "borrowed" the notebooks soon realized that attempting to fence them would bring too much attention on them. Not the same as trying to fence a stolen Gucci handbag.

@coledofner8334

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyginterblues2961 that's the thing, we don't know who did it (yet, if ever). It COULD be the "thief", or they could be dead and a family member doesn't want said person's name tarnished, or could be someone with no connection who stumbled on them and just wanted to do the right thing with no recognition. Lots of things are negative in this world already, I hope we can look at the positives in the return of these journals.

@ellebenenati7787

2 жыл бұрын

@@coledofner8334 I completely agree, the book's though many year's later are back safe n sound..... there is sum mystery surrounding this but many stories from long ago about relics that were stolen n lost n found n bought through the year's.....

Feels like the ending scene of a National Treasure movie, safely returned to its home after it helped the hero save the world.

No wonder why he or she stayed anonymous. The return fees would ruin any poor guilty soul. I'm just so damn glad this turned into a happy story.

Good news they have been found! Had they already been fully photographed and digitised before they were stolen, I wonder? Have replicas of the notebooks been made?

I bet you he just forgot about those books and they were just laying around somewhere and 20 years later he remembers and sends a happy nice message. Happy Easter guys

Thank you❤

Imagine the late return fees, oof!

@ingebygstad9667

2 жыл бұрын

I guess that's the reason why he wanted to stay anonymous.... ;)

A zillion thanks many times over..this Is the best place for them..God Bless You for doing the right thing and returning a part of history that can never never never be replaced..you did good!😂

Great story, no idea why you'd track down the person doing the right thing.

What a great gesture from the National British Museum 👏

For those who talked about late return fines, etc., these notebooks are NOT borrowable. They should not even be taken out of the room, let alone the UL.

@ionwolfhelm

2 жыл бұрын

The Darwin guy should really have noticed by now that he left 2 notebooks in the library and come back and get them. I think if he doesn't collect them before the end of the year they need to go in the recycling.

@kpn3488

2 жыл бұрын

Right--they would have had to be stolen from an archive. It might be possible to look at them and then steal a couple. Or an employee?

Nice to hear good news for a change.

"Happy Easter" - that was a nice touch.

Be glad they are back, No witchhunt needed. Pretty sure they were kept by a person that died and their family found it and returned it but was to ashamed to tell who did it

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

No witchhunt? These were not loaned from the library. These were stolen. If you steal a Rembrandt painting and keep it for 20 years and return it, there is still a crime committed,. 20 years these could not be studied. They are also invaluable to science as well as history. It is also most likely an act of religious extremism. The person wrote "Happy Easter" and they stole the notebooks of Darwin the enemy of the religious. The man whose theories proved humans were not created but evolved. So no when you steal something worth millions and keep it for 20 years of course you should face punishment. Preferably jail which hI hope will put off other religious nutcases from attacking science.

It took them long enough to realise they were stroked in the first place.

Guy left them anonymously because he didn't want to get hit with the library's late fee

@oliverernest4890

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes indeed

Museums should take the time in carefully forging these documents and storing the authentic ones in a vault.

@jt-bw6qd

2 жыл бұрын

It's true this time we were lucky next time who knows

Happy Easter 😃 Incredible story

Здорово что книги вернули !

What a wonderful outcome! They have a mystery now!

I'm glad they don't have this on video. While just shooting in the dark here my theory is someone stole the books 20 years ago and recently passed away. The heir either knew or discovered the notebooks and decided to return them anonymously for obvious reasons. Let it be people, no harm no foul.

it's not impossible that these notebooks left us and visited a different planet. what else would mysteriously reappear after 20 years if one had not been conducting research on earth life...

Didn’t know they were missing but so glad they are back.

I wonder if a child of elderly, recently deceased academic, or maybe the parent or partner of someone quite young and impulsive discovered them? To me, the gift bag (rather than supermarket shopping bag or cardboard box) says probably returned by a woman.

@Anamamma1

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ketchupinpasta1392

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's what they want you to think

Glad the books are safe, Charles Robert Darwin is my distant cousin. The records of his works are very important.

@keyboardwarrior6786

2 жыл бұрын

Darwin came from ape community

@verstraetenandre

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyboardwarrior6786 You too!

@christianokeke3811

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely ! Remember learning all his theories particularly his theories of the evolutionary mechanism propounded as an explanation of organic change denoting Darwin’s specific view that evolution is driven mainly by natural selection !

@keyboardwarrior6786

2 жыл бұрын

@@verstraetenandre no.its just human like darwins assumption

@verstraetenandre

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyboardwarrior6786 You must be a troll...

About 40 or 50 years ago someone found Leonardo da Vinci's lost notebooks at the University of Milan. That's right, found. 500 years ago they'd just been shelved wrong. I know I have details wrong, I just made up some numbers, but they're in the right range. Every librarian's nightmare ... books shelved wrong. Retired librarian, MI / US

Wow...

the person did the right thing by returning them. Taking them was very wrong but doing the right thing--better late than never. absence makes the heart grow fonder.

@nitraM321

2 жыл бұрын

maybe not the same person ?

@MommyCassReborns

2 жыл бұрын

@@nitraM321 yeah you never know. they got it back.

Maybe it was someone who was clearing out their basement or something and found those. Some people find all sorts of treasures when people leave things after moving out of a house and the new owners find old boxes left behind. Maybe they thought they needed to be returned to their rightful owners. Guessing the person that stole couldn't sell something so hot and after 20 years of leaving it in a box. Moved out and leaving it. Someone found it and happily returned it. I think they picked being anonymous in case being falsely being accuse of thief which has happen in the past.

Congratulations 👏

Legend

Do you ever wonder why the bbc choose which clips of "news" you can or can not comment on

I saw a comment on another video where they theorized, that someone found them in their now deceased relative's storage and returned them without wanting to out them. It sounds reasonable to me.

In other news: Cambridge University under fire for surprising lack of security cameras

Books are important

I'd hate to see the late return fees

Most criminals dont realize: its nearly impossible to sell rare books unless you already know the right people

I'm an Indian student of life science and molecular science..a great fan of Darwin's theories

It takes a big person to do such a thing 😎

What amazing news

😢

@1:01 so you finally can imagine what we feel when we see our stolen legacies and history in French and Brit museums.

Seems to me someone took them and then a relative probably brought them back after they passed l.

If they were Crick & Watson's notebooks it would be vaguely amusing and ironic if DNA recovered from them led to the thief/ves being caught!

Just think about it. Probably whoever worked there at the time saw an opportunity to take them home and pass on to their children so they'd have a fortune to cash in on... I think the "happy Easter" part means that the person finally died and their child(ren) never wanted anything to do with the books and as soon as the parent died they gave them back.

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

I think "happy easter" means they were stolen by a Christians who hates Darwin. They despise Darwin, he is their number one enemy. They probably did it to try and discredit him or destroy his work.

Darvin had a reason to travel to this timeline,he himself took that for his continues research!

Whoever returned the notebooks has evolved past being a common thief, imo.

@Vincent-fs8ry

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment!

Naturally the perp selected Ishtar as a date for returning the missing links to Darwin's work.

They remained anonymous to avoid the library fines !

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

To avoid prison. They stole items worth millions.

Good they are back the tinniest details of such famous scientists even his notebooks are essential especially to the coming generation. What do youknow, what if something in the notebook can change how we understand things

@hgbnkbggj2915

2 жыл бұрын

It won't change how we understand things, but these are netherthless invaluable notebooks. Darwin's core ideas remain true to this day.

Seems like raffles had matured and had become to regret his caper

❤❤

Dude probably stole it wanting to return it after reading it but had to take 20 years to really soak all the information in

Dude has returned the books after studying them, he wants others to read it too. why don't you guys celebrate such an hero?

@dianedenham5259

2 жыл бұрын

But it was 20 years, not 2 weeks. 😒

I think they were just didn't want to pay the late return fine.

that guy just finished his training

This thief is a demeanor gentleman and little humour.

What do you mean investigation? Do you not want people who run across things to ever return them in the future? wild

WoW

I bet someone used it for treasure hunt and returned them back now they've got the treasures.

The person who took them clearly is not a bad human after all.

Всегда ценны такие вещи

It was probably just a simple oversight. The fact that the University did not follow this up when they went missing needs to be looked at also.

This is still a EVOLVING case of who returned the notebooks. 😂

I am not an expert but why are these notebooks being touched with bare hands? Shouldn’t they be wearing gloves?

@hgbnkbggj2915

2 жыл бұрын

They are wearing gloves?

The thief kept it for own enjoyment just like most art collectors. The thief is probably dying so he/she decided to return it.

Finally SOME good news..... thanks mystery person....

Maybe the person who 'borrowed' them has died, but left instructions that the book's be returned? Does'nt really matter now they are back.

He probably got haunted or curse for a long time and finally gave it up

Scan them and do not lend them out. Allow on digital views and lock them up

It seems honestly like a mistake

Good luck

Shaggy: “It Wasn’t Me”

Wow

Imagine if it was the librarian.

No, the most important is that the one who have returned them had courage to do so and if he/she doesn't want to disclose is the right to be respected.

@AnyoneCanSee

2 жыл бұрын

Just because you return something doesn't mean the crime is forgotten. They deprived the country and science of important works for 20 years that are worth millions. They should still face prison.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Хорошо что нашлись

Each page has been carefully copied for the purpose of forging copies and each sold later on separately for a handsome sum of money haha

@ll7868

2 жыл бұрын

All his notes have been copied and are accessable in any library or science class. These were unique since they were written in his own handwriting.

“Happy Easter - X” #Letemknow