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Education
Charles dropped out of Edinburgh in 1827 and enrolled in Cambridge University. Charles was awarded his Bachelor's Degree in Theology in 1831. During his time at Cambridge, one of his professors, botanist and mineralogist John Stevens Henslow acted as a mentor to Charles. Henslow recommended Darwin to the Captain of the HMS Beagle. In August of 1831, Darwin received an invitation from Robert FitzRoy. Darwin's adventure began shortly after he accepted the invitation for the 5 year journey. -
HMS Beagle
Everything that Charles Darwin studied during his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle is what led to his basis for his scientific literature "On the Origins of Species". Published in November 1859. His travels took him to the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Keeling Island and Australia, where he collected multiple specimens from birds, to plants and even fossils. -
The Beginning of Darwins Theory
After Charles returned from his voyage on the HMS Beagle and after his research and finding were announced to the Geological Society of London, showing that fossils showed that extinct species had shown a close resemblance to current species, he began to investigate animal breeding and how nature weeds out the weak. -
Evolution of expression
Delving further into his research, Darwin set off to discover how certain emotions are shared between species, and when this occurs during development. His search began by looking at babies, and their emotions and expressions. Eventually he established a basis of telltale signs that he could then compare to other primates, and even reptiles. His research helped launch the field of child development psychology.
