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Life and death
Charles Darwin was born February 12,1809 in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom, and died April 19,1882 in Downe, United Kingdom -
Assistance of Robert Edmond Grant's Firth of Forth
Helped Robert Edmond Grant investigate anatomy and life cycles of marine invertebrates. Presented his own discoveries of black spores in oyster shells were skate leech eggs. -
The Voyage of the Beagle
In 1839, Darwin wrote "The Voyage of the Beagle" Volume I. It covers the first voyage under his ship Captain. He writes about the similarities between animals of the Galapagos and those in South America. In it he speaks about finches particularly and the different sizes of their beaks. -
On the Origin of Species
This literature is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin provides the fact the species evolve over courses of generations through natural selection. He utilized things that he found while on his expedition on the Beagle. -
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
This book helps apply evolutionary theory to human evolution. Explains Darwin's theory on sexual selection which also intertwined with natural selection. The book goes through ethics and differences between races and the dominant role of women in mate choice. -
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
This book is about the biological aspects of emotional life, and he explores the animal origins of common gestures that humans utilize everyday. The book primarily focuses entirely on the study of emotions and how they have evolved from animals as well. -
The Power of Movement in Plants
Darwin's studies which were helped by his son goes over the natural selection in plants and how they are fertilized by insects and natural movement of pollen through the air. -
Darwin
Charles Darwin's views on evolution have changed the entire aspect of the world. In a time when scientists worked mostly for the Church of England, Darwin went out on his own and studied animals and plants to find the answers to evolution and natural selection. His works have changed history and our future. -
Darwin Works
Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle : With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations. New York, Collier, 1909. Darwin, Charles. On The Origin Of Species. S.L., Alma Classics, 2019. Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. New York, A.L. Burt, 1874. Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Mineola, New York, Dover Publications, Inc, 2018. -
How Charles Darwin came up with his theory video