How did charles darwin discover evolution?

Question

other than he studdied dead penguins

Answer 1

How about you look it up, perhaps by reading the Origin of Species?  Here's a hint: Galapagos Islands.

Answer 2

he did not discover evolution, it is only a theory,he was a man that was obsessed with having s*x with his own mother.life around shows that everything was created or made by someone,and that someone is god.

Answer 3

Usually people like that are listed as insane or mentally challenged.  So you'd probably have to observe a person who was is consider the above.

Answer 4

he didn't 'discover' evolution .. he theorized that it was a system of evolvement .. Lamarck varied his viewpoint a little .. and contrary to popular belief the Creationists cannot find any argument with 'evolution' and the Bible - well not substantially or intelligently .. the Bible is the best guidebook to evolution there is and they compliment each other perfectly .. so ignore the bigots out there who say different

Answer 5

Darwin, who'd originally started out as a seminary student, was an extremely astute observer and had a tendency to ask questions of what he saw or heard. I don't recall that he studied dead penguins, but rather live pigeons which he bred, more about that below.

It is true that many elements of the theory of evolution were already discovered prior to Darwin, though also there were some key ones that he had not heard about which, if he had head about them, things could have been much easier for him -- such as Gregor Mendol's studies of plant variation. However, he did not simply put together other peoples discoveries, but made some key ones of his own as well as took other people's discoveries and extended them. Here are some of them from the top of my head, and if you read some of the books referenced you can find others.

Key elements in Darwin's development of his theory included the following:

1. Darwin observed great variations among species of animals on the archapeglo of Galapagos islands which had all descended from single mainland species, leading him to deduce that different conditions on different islands led to selection of different traits in each population. (He observed these islands during the rainy season when there was plenty of food, so he had to infer that selective pressures existed, but he was unable to observe them happening, which led him to surmise that evolution was a really long process. Recent studies summarized in very readable book "The Beak of the Finch," for example, shows that evolution is occurring from season to season and can be observed.)

2. In his travels through Latin America he observed fossil remains of extinct forms of modern animals, leading him to realize that modern plants and animals had been preceded by earlier forms, and that there had also existed many forms of life in the past which no longer exist and have been replaced by quite different forms.

3. He studied variation of breeding among domestic species, particularly pigeons. Through analogy with human selection he was able to theorize that a similar process was occurring in nature, in which natural conditions rather than humans selected for different traits -- that is, natural selection. (Unfortunately pigeon traits are the result of the complex interaction of multiple genes, which prevented him from understanding the actual mechanism by which traits and mutations, which I believe he called "monstrosities", were passed and retained across generations, leading him to subsequently retract elements of his position. Gregor Mendol's presentation of his studies of peas which could have answered this question was unfortunately not understood when delivered, so it never came to Darwin's attention.)

4. Darwin applied the observation that in the earth's surface strata of soils were laid down over long periods and with different collections of organisms in each strata that changed over time. This led him to realize that new forms would appear which allowed life to overcome particular problems of existence which would then radiate out across the earth in all kinds of new varieties.

5. Malthus's theory that populations tend to expand exponentially outstripping their resources led Darwin to deduce that individuals better adapted to particular conditions of scarcity would tend to leave more offspring than other individuals, leading to a shift in the makeup of the population.

Alfred Wallace through similar travels and collecting had come to the same conclusions, and the original presentation of the theory was in both their names, although Wallace characteristically generously gave Darwin the greatest credit for the theory.

Answer 6

well for one its still a theoy, because its difficult to prove that something can happen over millions of years without sending millions of years. but some of his famous "experiments" involve something about 2 similar birds, finches, on an island and how they had grown different, probably over time.

Answer 7

He discovered it while studding moths. this certain breed of moths lived in the forest and were Brown to be able to blend in with the trees and not be eaten by birds. sometimes they were Gray and those ones were usually killed. now in the city the majority of these same moths were Gray because they can blend in with the buildings that were stained with soot from the factories. In both cases it was survival of the fittest, the stronger breed will always win and its children will inherit the parents qualities for survival. And this is how Darwin came up with the theory of evolution.

Answer 8

Charles Darwin did not "discover" evolution. Many other naturalists before him proposed similar theories.  His contribution was an all-encompassing work that he kinda rushed to beat other naturalists.  Nothing Charles Darwin proposed was new, just better format.

Answer 9

Charles Darwin did not elucidate evolution, as that concept was already well known and accepted by the educated of the time. Charles Darwin developed a theory explaining the mechanism of evolution; natural selection.