At age 18, went to study Divinity at Cambridge. While there he also pursued his passion for biology by collecting beetles and walking on the Fens.
Was recommended as a "gentleman naturalist" on a voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle. Visited four continents collecting specimens and investigating the local geology.
HMS Beagle visited the Galapágos Islands where he studiedfinches, tortoises, and mockingbirds.
Reviewed his specimens and began to notice how transmutation happened
Darwin went public with his groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural selection.
Darwin published his new theory of evolution.
Origin of Species became a bestseller worldwide and went into multiple editions.
Published The Descent of Man, which presented his ideas on the account of human evolution.
