# Oswald Heer — The Origin of Species character guide

> Oswald Heer in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Heer, Oswald Heer

**First appearance:** 0089-dispersal-during-the-glacial-period

## Who they are

A paleobotanist who studied fossil plants of the Arctic.

## In the story

### [Character of Domestic Varieties; Difficulty of Distinguishing Between Varieties and Species; Origin of Domestic Varieties from One or More Species](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/character-of-domestic-varieties-difficulty-of-distinguishing-between-varieties-and-species-origin-of-domestic-varieties-from-one-or-more-species)

Remarked on the advanced civilisation of lake-inhabitants of Switzerland.

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