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Birth
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. -
Contribution 3: Beagle Voyage
Darwin was 22 when he set sail around the globe. How does this contribute to his work you ask? Well it was a stepping stone into his book: On the Origin of Species. The voyage gave him hardship and mental toughness. Within a ship's walls, it made his mind wonder and think about life and where we come from. Traveling all across the globe, he was able to study different species and walks of life which ultimately contribute to his work. -
Key moment in Darwin's philosophical campaign
His work: On the Origin of Species & the proposal of the theory: Natural Selection. -
Contribution 1 : On the Origin of Species
Darwin wrote a book that more or less paved the way for the theory Natural Selection. He began working on this work in 1842. He had returned from a five-year voyage, and with the help of two other important books, finally published the book in 1859. -
Contribution 2: Natural selection
Natural Selection is the way nature fights back. It states that if a wild deer developed an advantage in the wild, let's say it grew wings. Then that deer's offspring would inherit that trait and pass it on. Natural selection is more or less the survival of the fittest. Darwin's theory explains variety. Which means we have a common ancestor from which everything evolved from to get to where we are now. -
Contribution 4: The Laboratory
His home was also called his laboratory. He continued to do work here where he created six more editions to the Origin. With backlash from everyone around him, he was determined to stay true to his theory. He would test natural selection on flowers to try and silence the critics. By the 1860s, Natural selection was being applied to society and it was growing. Thus bringing forth Darwinism. The laboratory allowed Darwin to further his work and contribute to science and philosophers. -
Death
Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882