![]() ![]() ![]() Darwin published his theory with compelling evidence for evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species.īy the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. ![]() Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. The Voyage of the Beagle is Darwin's fascinating account of his trip - of his biological and geological observations and collection activities, of his speculations about the causes and theories behind scientific phenomena, of his interactions with various native peoples, of his beautiful descriptions of the lands he visited, and of his amazing discoveries in the Galapagos archipelago.Īlthough scientific in nature, the literary quality rivals those of John Muir and Henry Thoreau. It was this world-wide journey, however, that launched the scientists career. ”I hate every wave of the ocean”, the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. ![]()
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