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The Birth of Charles Darwin
The second youngest of six kids. He was born in a small town of Shrewsbury, England with wealth and privilege and the passion to explore nature. -
Education
He enrolled at the University of Edinburgh at the age of 16 to study to become a doctor like his father. After discovering that the sight of blood made him sick, he transferred over to Christ’s College in Cambridge two years later. -
HMS Beagle
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree of arts, He set said on a five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle traveling across the world. -
Cape Verde Islands
They came across oysters, on Cape Verde Island, that lay across rocks showing that Charles Lyell’s geologic speculation that the land was rising in some places and falling in others. -
Valdivia, Chile
Darwin came across a dead mussel bed in Valdivia, Chile laying above high tide. The land had rose taking the uniformity of the same intensity in the past as they have in the present. -
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
After arriving to Cocos (Keeling) Island, he confirmed his theory that reefs grew on the sinking mountain rims where coral built up and make up for the drowning land so that it can stay in good heat and lighting conditions. -
Ending of the Voyage
Darwin’s five-year voyage game to an end. He came back with a 770-page diary from the 1,750 page notes he drew from all the skin, bones and carcasses he came across during his long trip. He later that year wrote a book called Journal of Researches which was then edited it to Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle. It detailed all of his findings throughout his voyage. -
Theory of Evolution
Darwin developed the controversial theory of evolution based on natural selection that he kept to himself in private between 1837 and 1839. In other words, his theory states that the specimens that adapt to their natural habitat and reproduce will live on within that environment successfully while the others seem to die off. His theory went against may religious beliefs that people have always been the way they are. Watch this educational video: https://youtu.be/w56u2gv8XLs -
Origin of Species
After about 2 decades, Darwin published a book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, detailing his theory in 1859. -
Death
Charles Darwin suffered from a seizure March 1882 and died of a heart attack April 19, 1882. He was laid to rest April 26, 1882 at Westminster Abbey.
