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Birth: Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. This date marks the beginning of the life of one of the most influential naturalists in history. -
In 1831, Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation: to join the HMS Beagle as ship's naturalist for a trip around the world. For most of the next five years, the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America, leaving Darwin free to explore the continent and islands, including the Galápagos. He filled dozens of notebooks with careful observations on animals, plants and geology, and collected thousands of specimens, which he crated and sent home for further study. -
On November 24, 1859, Darwin published his groundbreaking work, "On the Origin of Species." In this book, he proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection, which explained how species evolve and adapt over time. This publication revolutionized the way people thought about the natural world and laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology. -
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Death: Charles Darwin passed away on April 19, 1882, in Downe, England. His contributions to the field of evolutionary biology continue to be highly influential and have shaped the course of scientific thought in numerous ways. https://youtu.be/JOk_0mUT_JU