Charles Darwin and The Natural Selecion

Charles Darwin was born in England on February 12 1809. He was a brilliant philosopher that made many discoveries. He went on a 5 year trip on the HMS Beagle to travel around the world and finally landed on the Galapagos Island. There he was studying and found different kinds of birds and other creatures. He took samples back to England and there he made his studies. He found 13 different types of bird he had never sin before. Also he found fossils. The birds were called the Finches and they are only seen in the Galapagos Island. He then came up with his theory about the natural selection, which explains adaptation and reproduction that the specie who could adapt and reproduce was the one who survived.. He spends many hours in his lab studying. When he was stressed he would throw water on himself. He lacked of sleep and rest. His daughter became very sick so he took her to some doctors. She was the one who was close to him and understood him. He suffered a lot when his daughter died. He took 22 years to publish his book because of the Church. At that time the church was the one who “ruled”. If you said something different you could get killed. Also his wife was very religious. After he finished his theory he changed all his religious believes. He was scared to lose his wife and to be killed. But finally he found out that there was another scientist that found the same philosophy but had not put too much effort on it. So Darwin published his book which he called The Origin of Species because he did not want all his hard work to go to waste. Now he is a very important man in history and thanks to him we know so much. Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882 but his theory still lives.

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http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/philosophy/charles_darwin.html
http://charles-darwin.classic-literature.co.uk/charles-darwin-biography.asp
http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_2.htm