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The Voyage of the Beagle 1831-1836
In the end of summer 1831, after Darwin completed his degree he was offered a position as a naturalist on HMS Beagle, one of the British Royal Navy;s survey ships. While Sailing towards south from the British Isles, Their first stop was the volcanic Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa. Darwin found seashells high up the cliffs and with the support of the captain who had great interest in the natural world, he helped Darwin explain the observation. -
The Scientific Results from Darwin's Voyage
In the beginning of 1837 Darwin was arranged to present his work to the Geological Society of London. This is when he presented his observations. -
The Theory of Evolution
In 1859, Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution sparked debates and controversies when he published his book the Origin of Species in 1859. According to the Theory of Evolution." The Big Idea: How Breakthroughs of the Past Shape the Future by National Geographic. Prior to Darwin, the long-standing belief was that the Earth was no more than about 6,000 years old and that species had no relationship to one another. Humans were considered distinct and superior to all other organisms. -
DNA
In 1893, August Weismann publishes his book that introduces the Importance of DNA and opens a new perspective on evolution. As mentioned in his book The Germ Plasm - Theory of Heredity, When the body does became constructed, in a more or less complex manner, of various kinds of biophors arranged in a definite manner, simple binary fission no longer sufficed for the transmission of the characters of the parent to the off-spring. -
Blueprint
1943, Genetic Material was verified and was proven to be what's needed in passing traits from one generation to the other. This introduces us to a new Modern Theory of Evolution and a Scientific Revolution.
