What is Charles Darwin known for?

Question

What is Charles Darwin known for?

Answer 1

He created the theory of evolution by natural selection.  His trip around the world inspired him especially his trip to the Galapagos islands where he observed many different finch species.  He wrote the book On the Origin of Species.  Also he married his cousin and sailed on the HMS Beagle.

Answer 2

natural selection

Answer 3

evolution

and exploring the golapagoes

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Answer 4

natural selection, a theory of evolution

Answer 5

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist,[I] eminent as a collector and geologist, who proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection.[1] The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930's,[1] and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery remains the foundation of biology, as it provides a unifying logical explanation for the diversity of life.[2]

Darwin developed his interest in natural history while studying first medicine at Edinburgh University, then theology at Cambridge.[3] His five-year voyage on the Beagle established him as a geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell’s uniformitarian ideas, and publication of his journal of the voyage made him famous as a popular author. Puzzled by the geographical distribution of wildlife and fossils he collected on the voyage, Darwin investigated the transmutation of species and conceived his theory of natural selection in 1838.[4] Although he discussed his ideas with several naturalists, he needed time for extensive research and his geological work had priority.[5] He was writing up his theory in 1858 when Alfred Russel Wallace sent him an essay which described a similar theory, prompting immediate joint publication of both of their theories.[6]

His 1859 book On the Origin of Species established evolution by common descent as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. He examined human evolution and sexual selection in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to s*x, followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. His research on plants was published in a series of books, and in his final book, he examined earthworms and their effect on soil.[7]

In recognition of Darwin’s pre-eminence, he was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton.[8]

Answer 6

Darwin went to the Galapogos Islands and observed Turtles, finches, and iguanas on the different surfaces of the cluster of islands.  He theorized on evolution, natural selection, and adaptation.  He is best known for his theory of evolution.

Answer 7

He wrote the Origin of Species, which describes his theory of evolution and natural selection (or "survival of the fittest").

Answer 8

natural selection, and his work in the galapagos islands (sp)

also, he wrote a book on evolution.  In his book, he included every species, but humans, because it was seen as a controversal topic.  People couldnt bare to believe that God may have not created the earth and such, and that we, as humans, may have evolved from the apes.

Answer 9

Barnacles and earthworms for most of his life, until he published the Origin of the Species about his (and Alfred Russell Wallace's) theory of natural selection being the driving force behind evolution.

Answer 10

evolution from ancestors over a process called natural selection

Answer 11

evolution