How Did Life Start?

The documentary, “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea” tells the story of Charles Darwin’s conception of his theory of natural selection, and how it explains the evolutionary process and species adaptation. The story begins with a brief overview of his 5-year stint on the HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist, during her South American voyage. The film shows how Mr. Darwin collected fossils and many species of animals and birds from many different regions especially the Galapagos Islands. It portrays Mr. Darwin’s return to England and his struggle between the mainstream religious beliefs and his personal beliefs of how different species came to be. Additionally, the documentary covers his presentation of fossils and ideas to the scientific community,

Darwin began to form his ideas when he served as official naturalist on a world voyage on HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836 and spent the rest of his life back in England developing them (Singh 2). When his famous book The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selections was published in 1859, he received a lot of violent reactions. In his book, Darwin challenged the Bible’s account of creation and explained that human beings are descended from an ape-like ancestor (Singh). However, Charles Darwin received backlash from many critics. After Darwin's book was published, he obtained many letters criticizing his idea of evolution due to people's religious beliefs. Darwin wasn't only criticized by the church, but also by scientists. He also received letters from scientists such as Adam Sedgwick and St. George Mivart, rejecting Darwin's natural selection hypothesis. Although he received a lot of backlash for his beliefs, he stayed true to his claims. Other world renowned naturalists such as Alfred Russell Wallace developed similar ideas as Darwin, expanding on evolution. To this day, evolution is still taught in many classes and is a theory that most scientists refer to.

Although Darwin’s (1809-1882) work in evolutionary observation might appear radically different from those focused on other areas, the theories he developed from these observation lead to such groundbreaking publishing’s as The Origin of Species. These intern caused an upset within the then accepted norms of philosophy and religion, had a profound impact on the academia, and further

In his own time, Charles Darwin was a controversial figure, and although long ago, that same controversy sparks today in the twenty first century. There were many who loved and many who hated Darwin, which has allowed the controversy to expand in recent years to include questions about his role in the development of the evolution theory. The theory of evolution was not created by Charles Darwin; however, through his On the Origin of Species, he logically expressed the theory which ultimately shifted the burden of proof from those who denied it to the supporters of evolution all of which was corroborated by careful observation.

On Thursday 24 November 1859, Charles Darwin published and made available to the western world his magnum opus, On the Origin of Species, a compilation of some twenty plus years of research regarding the human biology and its advancement. Darwin proposed in Origins that all life slowly evolved, biologically mutated over a period of time, to its present day form. Expanding on prior research in the field of genetics, Darwin theorized a "survival of the fittest" complex which forced basic animals to evolve new advanced traits to survive in their respective environments, in the process theorizing that humans also evolved from lesser creatures. Darwin's theory of evolution was meet with critical response, mainly negative, at the time of its

Darwin proposed this idea of Natural selection in 1859 with the publication of his book The Origin of Species . This theory caused great change in many aspects of the Western society, mainly in the way society viewed the creation of life. In the heavily religious society of the 1800s Darwin’s theory contradicted all previous beliefs held by the churches, thus posing a threat to the established social and political order . This contradiction was evident in the details of Darwin’s theories which helped support evolution, this was done by stating that nature selected the best adapted varieties to survive and reproduce . A theory which greatly differed from the previously instituted belief that God was the creator of all life, which was the reason sparking mass upheaval from the churches, as well as the people.

How life on Earth started is one of the most enigmatic subject discussed around the world. Charles Darwin was born February 12, 1909, he was from Shrewsbury, Shropshire England. He was the fifth child of six children, had a father who was a wealthy doctor and a mother who was a financier and although his family was Unitarian Darwin attended the Anglican Shrewsbury School. In 1825, Charles Darwin became an apprentice doctor at the University of Edinburgh Medical school, but sadly he did not like the work involved and not interest after a while. Darwin had great interest in natural history which made his father furious and was sent off to a Christian school. With Darwin’s interest in natural history he made a theory that “Humans descended from Primates”, although Darwin includes many convincing logical historic facts, people may disagree or agree with him because

The Darwinian view of life came into focus in 1859, when he published one of the most important books called “ On the Origin of Species by Mean of Natural Selection”. Back in Darwin’s time in the 19th century historians were being to think of evolutionary change as an explanation for patterns observed in the future. He did not invent this idea however he carried out the necessary research to document the idea. He made this book to make two valid points, “descent and modification” and “process natural selection”. Descent and modification described the evidence and support that he gathered about species. “It is an insightful phrase, as it captures the duality of life’s unity (descent) and diversity (modification).” Simon, Eric J., Jane Reece,

Charles Darwin’s book sparked large debates across the world, large numbers of reviews, critiques and negative responses were published. When Darwin released the book “The origin of species” he was more worried about the effects it would have on his fellow scientists than the public. “Through all this, Darwin largely kept his nose out of things, safely hidden in the comfort of Down House, trying to tease out what reviewers thought of his science amidst all the politics and rhetoric.”(“Chalres Darwin & Evolution” (2009).). Darwin kept on with his work, publishing the evolution in plants, animals (including humans), adding to the large amount of evidence he had collected over the years. As the scientific world started to come to terms with evolutional theory, Darwin collected more and more evidence which started to go in his favour.

In 1831, Charles Darwin, proposed a theory of evolution occurring by the process of natural selection. This has come to be known as the Theory of Natural Selection. Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years and after learning that Alfred Russel Wallace, another naturalist, had developed similar ideas, the two made a joint announcement of their discovery in 1858. Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection' in 1859, 28 years after he proposed his theory of natural selection. [1]

The reigning question that ponders the minds of many individuals is “How did all life on Earth Begin”? A simple question, yet it exceeds all possibilities of theorized responses. Biologist, Charles Darwin conducted the Theory of Evolution, in which he states that all life on Earth has a common ancestor and has descended with modification through the process of natural selection. Natural selection occurs when two mates produce offspring, and through this process many subdividers are introduced, such as sexual selection, genetic drift, gene flow, and mutations that each affect the size of a species population.

The Origins of the Species: In 1859, Darwin published the book, the “Origins of the Species”. In his book, Darwin discusses the constant competition for survival, while also discussing natural selection or survival of the fittest. In 1871, Darwin published a second book, titled “The Descent of Man” in this book; Darwin argues how humans have evolved from lower forms of life (Perry, 2014, pp. 191-193).

When the name Charles Darwin is uttered, an immediate association brings about the concept of Evolution. Although he was not the first to "discover" this phenomenon, he was the first to explain it. In his book, The Origin of Species, Darwin discusses evolution- through variation, why it occurs, the struggle for existence, natural selection, the geological record, and several other topics. This book brought him great recognition as well as many violent attacks. It was written in a time in history when the people were very strong believers in the Church and God. Darwin was the first to contradict their religious beliefs of Creation, and was pummeled with criticism. Although today some still disagree, his explanation of

While the idea of evolution has been around for centuries, it did not begin to gain general acceptance until the time of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species. Even then, it was met with skepticism and even anger and hatred. Though considered heresy by many as it appeared to

Charles Darwin liked to explore and study the natural world. One day while exploring he noticed that Galapagos finches were very similar to finches from Chile. He asked why would they be so similar if they had completely different climates? Darwin began questioning that each species had been uniquely created for its environment. Eventually Darwin argued, “that small changes in local populations would, in time, accumulate and result in an organism becoming incompatible with its ancestors”. Darwin eventually came up with a theory explaining the evolution of species but it did not address the origin of life. In the end he had many ideas and theories about evolution and his observations of the natural world supported them however he did not focus