Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

  • Untamed Humans

    Untamed Humans
    During his vist to Tierra del Fuego left him unsettled leding him to write " difference between savage & civilized man is.- It is greater than between a wild & domesticated animal" That even the lowest races were capable of improvement.
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
  • Darwins Plankton

    Darwins Plankton
    During his early days one the voyage on the Beagle left him wondering why beautiful creatures like the plankton teemed in the oceans vastness where no human could appreciate them
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
  • Darwins Ultraradical phase

    During this phase Darwins suggested that the belief in God was ingrained tribal survival strategy
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
  • Diary Publication

    Darwin became well known through his diary's publication, Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
  • Sexual differentiations

    His studies of the sexual differentiation of barnacles sparked his interest in the evolution of diverging male and female forms from an orginial hermaphrodite creature that made him a world exper and gained him the Royal Society's Royal Medal
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species
  • Last Major Problem

    he solved his last major problem the forking of genera to produce new evolutionary branches and profected his analogy of natural selection
    Adrian J. Desmond, Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 6, 2018, "Charles Darvin", access November 23,2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin/On-the-Origin-of-Species