Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Charles R. Darwin was a naturalist and a geologist. Charles stated that all organisms/species descended overtime from a lesser/inferior though common ancestor. Charles called this theory natural selection. Charles published his book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859, overcoming scientific rejection of transmutation of species. By the 1870s people of the scientific community accepted evolution. In 1838 when Charles was on a voyage, he collected wildlife and fossils and began detailed investigations and formed his theory of natural selection. After discussing his theory with other naturalists he decided he still needed some time for extensive research and geological work. In 1858 he was writing his theory when Alfred R. Wallace sent him and essay that described the same idea. In 1871 he examined human evolution and sexual selection. …show more content…
Darwin concluded that evolution was a slow process and that evolution does not take great sudden leaps but rather advances slowly but surely. Darwin also concluded that there are irreducibly complex systems which in his eyes were baffling. Irreducibly complex systems were systems made up of many parts and without one part or if the part were damaged the system would fail and the entire system would be useless. An example of an irreducibly complex system would be a mouse trap for if you do not have 1 or more of the 5 parts were missing then that would make the mouse trap then the system would be utterly