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(1809-1882)
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English Author
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The founder of the modern science of biology
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Darwin is the grandson of Erasmus Darwin and the father
of George Darwin.
Erasmus Darwin published
Zoonomia in 1794-1796, in which he anticipated some of
Lamarck's evolutionary theories, and two treatises on the
evolution of higher animals from lower
organisms. His second son, George, was an
astronomer and physicist.
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To gather evidence for his theory of evolution of
species, Darwin boarded the H.M.S. Beagle for a five years
cruise around the world.
In the Galapagos
Islands and along the coasts of South America, he observed
how species changed. Back to England, he published his
observations in A Naturalist's Voyage on the Beagle (1839).
His theory was set down after he had studied
species for 30 years. For Darwin, life on Earth is
constantly adapting over the generations, so as to enable
organisms to survive.
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The appearance of life on Earth
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To gather evidence for his theory of evolution of
species, Darwin boarded the H.M.S. Beagle for a five years
cruise around the world.
The full title of his
major work is: "On the Origin of Species by
Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured
Races in the Struggle for Life"
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