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How Did Charles Darwin Change The World

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Samuel Morey

Dr. Cowin

Hon Eng 10

19 April 2017

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin being known as one of the most controversial scientist in history, developed a theory that has changed the way the whole world sees itself and will see itself for generations to come. Charles has had some amazing achievements in his life and many contributions to the scientific study of life. While Journeying around the world, he studied many different species which led him to develop the theory of evolution which is theorized by millions of people today. Just seeing someone like Charles Darwin change the worldview of millions of people can show how just a theory like evolution could change the world forever.

Charles Robert Darwin was born on February …show more content…

Evolution is “the process of which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms at the beginning of time.” At the time most naturalists believed that in the beginning the species were there and they have not changed over time or that the species were created over the course of natural history, they believed that they stayed the same throughout time. Darwin noticed great similarities in different types of animals that linked each other together. This led Darwin to believe that these animals evolve over time and will eventually turn into the species with similar actions and characteristics as their early ancestors. Darwin then began to believe that all species survive through a process called “natural selection” which is when the species that adapt well to the environment live, but if they don’t adapt, they will die. Mentioned in Darwin’s book the “Origin of Species” darwin mentions this quote “Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning …show more content…

Charles is still looked upon today as the greatest biologist ever despite all of the controversy. It is sad that Charles Darwin did not become a Christian later in his life because the Bible says that non-believers will burn in hell for eternity and be separated from God for forever which can be sad. Charles’ theory of evolution could be one of the most influential theories of all time. Darwin’s theory said that animals evolve into different animals that are related somehow to the ancestor species. This theory will always be in the picture in science studies and in the minds of scientists today and for many generations. Charles Darwin has changed more minds with his theory than any other theory and sadly more people will come to believe this false

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