miércoles, 25 de agosto de 2010

Evolution, Natural Selection or Religion?

Around the 18hundreds a British Naturalist changed the way people viewed where we came from, our origin and how the human race started. This naturalist was Charles Darwin, born February 12 1809 on Shrewsbury, England. His parents were Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah Hegwood. Darwin believed that life on earth evolved over millions of years to what we are now. In 1831, Darwin set an expeditionto on the HMS Beagle circumnavigating the globe. The expedition lasted 5 years. He collected a lot of data and species when they were in the Galapagos Islands for further study when he returned. Because of all the research and data he collected, he had various theories upon his return to london on 1836. He had various theories such as evolution. His theory of natural selection consisted that variation within species occurs randomly and that the survival or extinction of each organism is determined by that organisms ability to adapt to its environment. Cultural issues were serious to his work, not in a good way. His theories somehow prooved not completely that there is no such thing as a god and that we came naturally. Everyone at that time was completely religious which made it difficult for him deciding wether to publish his book or not, he was afraid of rejection and banning in society.


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