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Early life of Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 and died on 19 April 1882. Charles is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He was born in Shrewsbury, England. He was one of six children born into a wealthy family. His father was a medical doctor, while his grandfather was a botanist. Unfortunately, when Charles was eight years old his mother died. Charles loved to explore nature, and was fascinated by the outdoors. -
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Education.
In 1825, when Charles was just 16 years old he enrolled at Edinburgh University as well as his brother Erasmus. Charles’ father was hopeful that he would follow in his footsteps and become a doctor as well. But Charles quickly found out that the sight of blood made him queasy. Which is not a great characteristic for a doctor to have. When his father found out about his queasiness he recommended that he become a parson instead, but Charles was more interested in the studies of... -
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World Travel.
Charles’ mentor, John, recommended him for a naturalist’s position aboard the HMS Beagle. The ship was scheduled to take a five-year survey trip around the world. The ship left port on December 27th, 1831 of course with Darwin aboard. While on this journey around the world Charles found that The Pacific Islands and Galapagos Archipelago were extremely interesting to him, as well as South America. While aboard the ship he observed botany, geology, and zoology. He also had the... -
Evolutionary Theory.
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is that all life is related and descended from a common ancestor. Stating that from birds to bananas, we are all related in some way. Natural selection was one of his most famous theories. Natural selection basically means that life forms adapt to their surroundings, and will start having mutated genetics. For example, if birds did not have wings yet, but some birds started to...