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Start of The Second voyage of HMS Beagle
Charles Darwin went on a five year sea voyage aboard HMS Beagle. As he voyaged across the Atlantic, he documented many mammals and plants as well as fossils. His findings helped him to write the book "Voyage of The Beagle". This book later made him a renowned author and respected geologist. Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle. Dent, 1967. -
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Five Year Sea Voyage
Charles Darwin went on a five year sea voyage aboard HMS Beagle. As he voyaged across the Atlantic, he documented many mammals and plants as well as fossils. His findings helped him to write the book "Voyage of The Beagle". This book later made him a renowned author and respected geologist. Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle. Dent, 1967. -
Natural Means of Selection Theory
Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin had a joint journal article titled "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". The work established evolution with natural selection as the driving force for the diversity of life on Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOiUZ3ycZwU Darwin, Charles, and Alfred Wallace. “On the Tendency...” Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology, vol. 3, 1858. -
Publication of "On the Origin of Species"
Charles Darwin wrote the controversial book "On the Origin of Species" which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin introduced the theory that species evolve over time through a process of natural selection. Darwin utilized evidence he gathered while voyaging on HMS Beagle in the 1830s. Darwin, C. (1907). On the origin of species by means of natural selection. London: H. Frowde, Oxford University Press. -
Theory of Human Evolution
In 1871, Darwin examined human evolution and sexual selection in the book titled "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex". People were disturbed by the idea that humans evolved from monkey's. In response to this notion, editorials posted cartoons of Darwin by putting his face on an Apes body. With time however, these pictures depicted Darwin as the founding father on studies regarding human evolution. Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man... Cambridge Univ. Press, 2009.
