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Birth
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom -
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H.M.S. Beagle Voyage
Darwin studied and compared organisms in different countries and found that there were similarities and differences based on their location. Darwin's finches were one of these animals. He concluded that these birds were all passerine birds but had adapted to better live in their habitats.
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Natural Selection
Darwin began to contemplate natural selection based on his observations on the voyage, but felt he needed more time to research the theory before sharing it publicly. -
Origin of The Species was published
After reading an essay by Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin decided it was time to make his theory public. In On Origin of The Species By Means of Natural Selection, Darwin insisted that organisms evolve over time through natural selection and that natural selection was the reason for diversity among plants and animals. -
Death
Downe, United Kingdom -
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Paradigm Shift - Evolutionary Biology
Darwin's theory spread across the globe and caused shift away from physics and chemistry as being the core of sciences. Evolutionary biology took their place as his theory unified life sciences.
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