Charles Darwin's Theory Of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. He was the

second youngest of six children. His father, Dr. R.W. Darwin, was as a medical doctor, and

his grandfather, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, was a renowned botanist. He was married to a woman

named Emma Wedgwood. They had ten children; William Erasmus Darwin, Anne Elizabeth

Darwin, Mary Eleanor Darwin, Henrietta Emma Darwin, George Howard Darwin, Elizabeth

Darwin, Francis Darwin, Leonard Darwin, Horace Darwin, and Charles Waring Darwin He

died on April 19, 1882, in London when he was 73. His mother, Susanna, died when he was

only 8 years old. He made major contributions in the fields of biology, botany, geology,

zoology, and as well as psychology. On December

The Pacific Islands, South America, and Galapagos

Archipelago were the main areas that interested Darwin, where he collected a variety of

natural specimens, including birds, plants, and fossils. His studies of these specimens in

different parts of the globe led him to formulate his theory of evolution and his views on the

process of natural selection. In 1859, with the knowledge he had gained from his research, he

was able to publish a book called, On the Origin of Species. The trip had completely changed

Darwin’s view of natural history. He began to develop a revolutionary theory about the

origin of living beings. His theory, however, competed against the view that other naturalists

had at the time. Darwin’s impact on Biology has been immense and unmatched. He was able

to explain the variation in organisms and provides clues about how life may have developed

from a common ancestor. Darwin has provided an enormous leap forward in the pursuit of

understanding life and its origins, and revolutionizing the way biology is understood. He

proposed many theories to help reveal the origin of our lives. These theories were evolution

(while species exist they change), common descent (organisms are descended from one

This book basically explains the process of evolution by

natural selection. This has sometimes been called ‘the survival of the fittest’. This means that

any organism that is more successful, in terms of surviving and reproducing more frequently

than other organisms, will prosper, and thus, its genes will persist through to the next

generation and the species will survive longer. This concept of evolution by natural selection

had dramatic significance. Rather than simply allowing small adaptations to be understood,

the concept may be used to confront how small changes could accumulate over long periods,

with each small change providing some selective advantage. This allowed scientists to

explain how something as complex as the vertebrate or opposable thumbs may have

developed. This also supports the idea that all living species today have evolved from a

common ancestor. Charles Darwin didn’t just have an impact in the theory of the origins of

animals; he has had a huge effect on modern day society. Doctors now have to consider

antibiotic resistances when prescribing drugs. In a patient, a few bacteria that are resistant