Charles Darwin's Theory Of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin theorized evolution in a way that changed human history forever. His theory of natural selection was the first to have a scientific basis for the concept of evolution. Throughout the majority of his career, Darwin was constantly ridiculed for his unorthodox thoughts and his purely scientific theory. However, Darwin was strongly influenced by his tendentious surroundings, and used their opinions to help him deduce one of the most influential theories of human history. In his lifelong acquisition, Charles Darwin established the basis of evolution, and changed the way humans think about life and themselves forever.

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England to renowned medical doctor, Robert Darwin and

He describes himself as not being considered as the brightest of his class, during his time at the school. As he wrote later in his autobiography, “I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common intelligence.". He goes onto to explain that he never excelled at school, he was much rather interested in his beetle collection and exploring outside. Darwin continued to study at Shrewsbury school until the age of 16, when he was taken out of the school by his father, who thought that “ His grades were too poor and his life had no direction.”. That summer, Darwin went on to work as an apprentice at his father’s medical

He was traumatized by the horrific surgeries, which were performed without anesthesia at the time, and was also disgusted by the overall unhygienic process. Even so, in 1825, Darwin went onto attend the Edinburgh Medical School, as per his father’s request. He promptly left after two years, due to the monotonous lectures and appalling surgeries. Even though he was bored because of the tedious lectures, the time Darwin spent at the medical school further sparked his interest for science and nature. Darwin also learned quite a lot during his time at the school. He learnt about human anatomy and distinct traits between different races, which later helped him theorize the evolution of the human species.

After Charles left medical school, his father arranged for him to attend Cambridge University to earn a degree in priesthood. Darwin began his journey at Cambridge in fall of 1828. He had attended the Christ College at Cambridge in order to receive a B.A in priesthood, which was required at the time to enter the Church as a member of the clergy. Charles Darwin described his time at Cambridge to be one of the best experiences of his lifetime. He later states in his autobiography that, “Upon the whole three years which I spent at Cambridge were the most joyful of my