Darwin's ship of evolution voyage located

The fate of the Beagle, which carried Darwin for five years from 1831, has remained a mystery for more than a century.

However according to The Observer, archaeologists using advanced ground-penetrating radar think they have found it buried under mud in a river estuary in Essex, southeast England.

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"I am quietly confident we have found the Beagle," marine archaeologist Robert Prescott of Scotland's St Andrews University told the newspaper.

The radar image shows a ship similar in size to the Beagle -- which was used as a customs boat after Darwin's voyage -- lying under 12 feet (3.6 metres) of mud near a long-abandoned dock, Prescott said.

"Most of the upper part of the ship may have gone, but we have the lower part and hull, and who knows what remnants of Darwin's trip may still lie down there," he said.