About me
Born |
Charles Robert Darwin |
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Died |
19 April 1882 (aged 73) |
Residence |
England |
Citizenship |
British |
Nationality |
British |
Fields |
Natural history, Geology |
Institutions |
Tertiary education: |
Academic advisors |
John Stevens Henslow |
Known for |
The Voyage of the Beagle |
Influences |
Alexander von Humboldt |
Influenced |
Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Notable awards |
Royal Medal (1853) |
Spouse |
Emma Darwin (married 1839) |
Children |
10 children |
Signature |
Charles Robert Darwin, (February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist,st known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern ofevolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to theartificial selection involved in selective breeding.
Darwin's Theory of Evolution - The Premise Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers -- all related. Darwin's general theory presumes the development of life from non-life and stresses a purely naturalistic (undirected) "descent with modification". That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time. In a nutshell, as random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival -- a process known as "natural selection." These beneficial mutations are passed on to the next generation. Over time, beneficial mutations accumulate and the result is an entirely different organism (not just a variation of the original, but an entirely different creature).