EVOLUTION.
The theory of Evolution was thought up by Charles Darwin. He was born in Shrewsburg, England on February 12, 1809. He went to the University of Edinburgh for two years and to the University of Cambridge for the other two. He prepared to become a clergyman even though he was deeply interested in natural history. When he was twenty-three years old in the spring of 1831 Darwin was accepted to go on a ship that was captained by Robert Fritzroy. The ship’s name was The HMS Beagle. The purpose of the voyage was to survey the East and West coast of South America and the Pacific Islands but Darwin’s intention was to study different species of animals.
During the voyage Darwin witnessed his first earthquake in Chili. He also figured out that some of the Islands he visited during the expedition were made from volcanic lava that took a very period of time to form. Darwin was so thorough about describing in his notes all his......
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