Week 5: Darwin and his Theory of evolution.

Naturalist Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. In 1831, he embarked on a five-year survey voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle. His studies of specimens around the globe led him to formulate his theory of evolution and his views on the process of natural selection. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species. He died on April 19, 1882, in London. This man cause a big impact in what today science is. Thanks to this man the people begin to asking question and make investigation about the humans and his origin. We can say that this is one of those mans that push the society to use their brain. Obviously like always at the beginning all the people thinks that he was crazy.

Charles Darwin is best known for his work as a naturalist, developing a theory of evolution to explain biological change. This man is one of the first things that we have to study if we want to know about biology and. Darwin's exposure to specimens all over the globe raised important questions. Other naturalists believed that all species either came into being at the start of the world, or were created over the course of natural history. In either case, the species were believed to remain much the same throughout time. Darwin, however, noticed similarities among species all over the globe, along with variations based on specific locations, leading him to believe that they had gradually evolved from common ancestors. He came to believe that species survived through a process called "natural selection," where species that successfully adapted to meet the changing requirements of their natural habitat thrived, while those that failed to evolve and reproduce died off.

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