Darwin and the Origin of Species

Darwin was a British scientist and also a naturalist who was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury. He studied medicine career at Edinburgh University and later he went to Cambridge University. By 1831, he joined a scientific on the survey ship HMS Beagle. He reached to The Galapagos Islands, west of Ecuador. In his expedition, he saw species that were the same of it but with different characteristics. On his return to England in 1836, Darwin was solving about the observations he made on the expedition on how species evolve. Influenced by Malthus, he proposed the theory of evolution by the process of natural selection. Natural selection is the process that occurs over successive generations , also defined as the differential reproduction of genotypes. They pass their characteristics that helped their offspring to survive. The species change over time gradually. Cultural issues that Darwin faced were the rejection of the theory, since it would kill God’s belief, and all people rather believe that God made mankind. Dawrin had some much anguish since he had a difficult life. He had illnesses and within his family some of them died. In the end, his theory was accepted when he died, as it was published.

Works Cited

University of Michigan. Evolution and Natural Selection. http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/selection/selection.html August 26, 2010.

Historic Figures - Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)(http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles.shtml August 26, 2010.