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Charles Darwin Summary (part I)
In 1831, Charles Darwin was invited to embark as a naturalist on what would be the most important voyage of his lifetime, a five-year survey voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle. His studies of animals, plants and all sorts of specimens were the building blocks for his published work On the Origin of Species detailing out his theory of evolution and views on natural selection. -
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Charles Darwin Summary (Part II)
During his voyage, he gathered a diverse sampling of natural specimens, such as birds, plants, and even fossils. Then in 1836, he created a Journal of Researches of all his discoveries. These were published along with the Beagle’s Captain FitzRoy narrative of Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle. -
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Charles Darwin Summary (Part III)
The trip played a tremendous role in Mr. Darwin’s views of natural history. He led a revolutionary theory about the roots of living beings, a rather nonconformist theory. Most Naturalists has believed for years that species came into existence at the beginning of the world, all at once, together, or created over the movement of natural history. -
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Charles Darwin Summary (Part IV)
His findings sparked him to believe that species had gradually evolved from common ancestors and that they persevered through a process called “natural selection.” Natural selection meant to conform and change to meet the demands of the natural habitat, and those who did not conform and change didn’t evolve and eventually died off. -
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Charles Darwin Summary (Part V)
Lastly, in 1858 Charles Darwin, publically introduced his revolutionary theory of evolution by a letter that was read at a meeting of the Linnean Society. Later in the year, he published a meticulous explanation of his theory, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. -
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