Charles darwin

Charles Darwin 02/12/1809 - 04/19/1882

  • HMS Beagle

    From August 1831 to 1836 Darwin spent his time studying the natural world and various aspects of science across the world. After focusing on the study of plants, natural aspects of the Earth, and animals he released his first major work Beagle Travel Zoology (Your Dictionary, 2017).
  • Theory Of Evolution - Natural Selection

    The theory of evolution that occurs by natural selection was first introduced in his book "On The Origin Of Species" in 1859. It was shown that individuals with certain characteristics such as beak shapes, can have greater chances of survival while others that do not keep up will not go on to reproduce.
  • Concept Of Sexual Selection

    In 1871 Charles Darwin put out his book The Descent Of Man, and Selection In Relation To Sex was published. This book brought to light that humans and apes shared a common ancestor. His ideas on sexual selection was deemed to be relevant by other scientists by the mid 21st century.
  • Darwin's Contributions To Psychology

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsoXJG25E_g Darwin's studies on individual differences inspired psychologists to look further into individual differences when it came to the mind to see how it effected people. When originally psychologists were trying to only study the similarities and differences. Several psychologists were interested in what human traits makes people more successful over others, all due to the studies of the nature of Darwin and how he emphasized specifics.