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Happy Birthday
Charles Darwin is born and will ultimately be regarded as the greatest biologist in history for his work. -
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Journey of a Lifetime
Charles Darwin is extended the opportunity of a lifetime to set sail on the HMS Beagle. Charles Darwin embarks on the HMS Beagle for a journey around the world. This journey gave him the essential materials for his theory of evolution by natural selection. -
The Finches
Charles Darwin publishes his thoughts formed much earlier about the new species of finches he discovered in the Galapagos Islands. He determined that the different kinds of finches has all descended from a single finch ancestor. -
His 1st Book
The Origin of Species is published outlining Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation for which our modern evolutionary theory is built on. -
Greatest Honor
Darwin is awarded the Copley Medal for his ground breaking researches in geology, zoology, and botanical physiology. At the time this was the greatest honor in science. -
The Well Known Phrase
The infamous phrase survival of the fittest makes its appearance for the first time in the 5th edition of Origin of Species. -
What Took So Long
Interestingly the word evolution makes its first appearance in the 6th edition of Origin of Species. Darwin was known for regularly updating his work. -
To The Unknown
Charles Darwin dies of heart failure at the age of 73 on the 19th of April. Leaving behind his work and theories that would revolutionize science as we know it.