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Early Life
Charles Robert Darwin grew up with his mother, father and three elder sisters; at the age of eight his mother passed leaving his three sisters to take care of him. Darwin father was an astounding doctor, sitting in so many observations it helped with his development with human psychology. At his time of learning (1818- 1825) science was considered dehumanizing so some looked down upon him for pursing it. His knowledge came from Edinburgh university and his father which started him off in science -
The Beagle Voyage
At the age of 22, Charles decided to take a voyage from February 1832 to September 1835 around the entire South America. During this exploration he discovered many things during it such as, fossils from many different mammals.Through this trip of traveling to different areas of South America he discovered more fossils and started building theories on the build of these animals.On his last days of the voyage he write 770 pages in his diary about his experiences there and his discoveries. -
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End of Charles Reign (sources)
Between the years of 1832-1839 Darwin found amazing discoveries which produced his most known work of Natural Selection. By 1838 Charles decided to get married to Emma Wedgwood which is his cousin. And by 1839 he closed his exploration notebook and slowed down with his family. His theory was so good it still around now, so he left a good mark for the science world.
Source: Source: Adrian J. Desmond "Charles Darwin" https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin -
Theory of Natural Selection
After his Beagle Voyage Darwin became idolized in London. He was famous for his theory of Natural Selection (organism adapting to their environments by selecting changes in the genotype or genetics).With this theory he became the foundation of modern science. He believed through time things change even for animals development, for example through time the finches changed whether it was size of body or beak. They did this possibly for many reasons either for defense, to eat, or to hide better.
