Into The Jungle Chapter 1 Summary

Have you ever wondered about why Charles Darwin was so important? Charles Darwin was an amazing scientist. Born February 12, 1809. He grew up in a small town in Shrewsbury, England with six other siblings. He was the second youngest. His father was a doctor and was hoping that he would do the same when he got older, but it wasn’t for him. So he was always a risk-taker because even though his dad would’ve been mad he still went for his own way studying nature. He went to Christ's college in Cambridge and graduated from there. Darwin was always interested in nature, so when he went on a voyage. This tells us about how Darwin was always been interested by nature.

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 was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved over millions of years from a few common ancestors. From 1831 to 1836 Darwin served as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle on a British science expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern species. On the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean he noticed many variations among plants and animals of the same general type as those in South America. The expedition visited places around the world, and Darwin studied plants and animals everywhere he went, collecting specimens for further study.

Charles Darwin began his scientific breakthroughs and upcoming theories when he began an expedition trip to the Galapagos Islands of South America. While studying there, he discovered that each island had its own type of plant and animal species. Although these plants and animals were similar in appearance, they had other characteristics that made them differ from one another and seem to not appear as similar. Darwin questioned why these plants and animals were on these islands and why they are different in ways.

The original purpose of Darwin’s voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle was to find evidence that could prove the biblical theory to be true, and to discover and chart the South American coastline which was not well known. He was to collect specimens of rocks, plants, minerals and animals along with observing and recording them. The ultimate significance of this trip for Darwin was rather than being able to prove that the biblical theory, he had evidence of evolution by natural selection. He found fossils of Glyptodont and Megatherium which were very similar to the common armadillo which led him to question whether the Earth was 6000 years old as it was believed to be or much older than that, and when collecting the common bird discovered differences

Darwin, after arriving at the Galapagos Islands in 1831, went to study animals. He ended up studying, 13 kinds of finches, earthworms,

Topic 1: The ways that Darwin’s theory of natural selection was transformative to his society. Charles Darwin grew up as a shy kid who did not show much interest in his studies which led to his father, a prominent English medical doctor, to send him to a medical school in Edinburgh and was later sent to Cambridge for clergy and still showed no interest in either but found interest in nature whilst studying Botany. While studying in Cambridge, he got an offer to embark on a voyage to survey the coast of South America in the British Navy Ship (Pew Research Centre, 2009) His most prominent findings were most notably in the Galapagos Islands. He observed the variety of finches, tortoises in different islands.

In 1831 Darwin went on a ship called the HMS Beagle for five years to study and collect plants rocks and animals. Darwin noticed that some animals from different islands looked the same but

Charles Darwin was a naturalist who took a trip to the Galapagos Islands and observed the different types of Finches on every area of the Galapagos. During his study he found that each Finch had a different type of beak shape for every island. Overall Charles Darwin is mostly known for his geology works and his most famous evolution theories.

In the 1820’s Charles Darwin heard speakers talk about the latest theories of transmutation and started exploring this topic himself. Darwin’s tutor John Henslow at Cambridge recommended him as a ‘gentleman naturalist’ on a voyage around the world on HMS Beagle. Darwin accepted the challenge and over the following five years, Darwin visited four continents spending much of his time on land researching and collecting specimens and local geology.After surveying the coasts of South America, the ship stopped over in the Galapagos Islands.HMS Beagle made a five week stop at the Galapágos Islands.He encounters and studies species including finches, tortoises and mockingbirds there. “The vibrations throughout the island caused by explosions and

Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, which is now known as a biologist, who is best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution by natural selection and his interest in the Galapagos Islands through the adaption of species. The life of Darwin was highly influenced through his childhood. His family greatly helped Charles with their financial and moral support aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, “the voyage [which] took nearly five years, from December 1831 to October 1836.” (American Museum of Natural History). In particular, the Galapagos and South America greatly intrigued Darwin, where he discovered species such as “the marine iguana, the giant tortoise, the finch, and the blue-footed booby” (Cappadocia). It was due to the research

Charles Darwin made observations while on a voyage with Captain Robert FitzRoy, who was preparing a ship for a trip around the world. This trip would have a profound effect on Darwin’s thinking. Darwin spent a lot of time collecting specimen fossils along the coast of South America. This is when he started to notice a difference in species. Although the fossils that he collected had some resemblance to the current species there were some differences. This led to Darwin to believe that all species on the island came from one ancestral species. While on his voyage he became intrigued by geologist Charles Lyell. Lyell had published a book titled, “Principles of Geology,” which talked about how the Earth has changed due to a gradual geologic process. Darwin had witnessed an earthquake and how it had raised part of the coastline. This caused him to realize that natural forces changed the Earth and will continue to change it. He returned to Great Britain five years after he first set sail.

Charles Darwin was born in England and his original plan was to take interest in medicine. When that didn’t work out for him, he then had an interest in divinity, so he went to university called Cambridge where he studied divinity. Later he took a five year trip on the HMS Beagle ship. During his time on board Darwin was reading the ‘Principles of Geology’ book which stated there was geological evidence of ancient animals. When Darwin arrived on the Galapagos Islands he noticed that the finches on the each island were similarly related

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England and was raised as a fifth child by a wealthy family. In 1825, Darwin graduated from the Elite school at Shrewsbury. In 1927 he dropped out from the University of Edinburgh and entered the University of Cambridge in order to become a clergyman for the Church of England. There he met Adam Sedgwick and John Stevens Henslowe. The two figures taught Darwin to become and observe of natural phenomenon and a collector of specimen. After graduating from Cambridge in 1831 to 1836 Darwin served as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle on a British science expedition around the world. During his cruse on the H.M.S. Beagle, Charles Darwin became interested with the similarities between the plants and animals that were similar on different islands with similar climates, so he decided to study them more closely for future study. With the studies Charles Darwin obtained, he published his first work, “The Origin of Species.” In this book he explained how for millions of years animals and plants have evolved to better help their existence. Charles Darwin, who was the British Naturalist, became famous for his theories of evolution. Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved over millions of years from a few common ancestors. Charles Darwin has had the greatest influence on the world by providing the evolution of living things.

Through the work of curious minds before them, Darwin’s inspiration working as a naturalist on the HMS Beagle and traveling to the Galapagos Islands, and Wallace’s promptings for publication in 1856,