Life And Work Of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was a great scientist who devoted himself to the natural sciences. He was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, Great Britain. His father was a doctor by profession and perhaps that was the reason that led him to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In a short time he left this career and headed to the study of theology at Cambridge. It was there that he discovered his passion for the natural sciences.
In 1831 Charles Darwin embarked on a British Navy ship called the Beagle. For five years he sailed as a naturalist in this vessel that was conducting a geographical survey of the Earth. In 1832 Darwin traveled the Río de la Plata and wrote different observations that included natural, social, cultural and demographic details. He also discovered the Finch in the Galapagos Islands, their differences were found in the shape and size of their beaks. The different kinds of beak were adapted to the various food sources.
In the course of his scientific life, he published several well-known books, such as Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle and The Origin of Species in 1859. It was in this book where he exposed his theory that detailed the appearance of new species from previous ones. Darwin's theory of Evolution holds that plant and animal species have changed in a process that takes thousands and millions of years. Some of them have disappeared and others have undergone transformations. The human race is subject to this evolutionary process.

Other ideas in many civilizations attributed the creation of the Universe and Man to a God or many divinities, are the theories known as creationists. However, the notions contributed by Darwin in relation to evolution gave rise to a scientifically accepted view. Species tend to proliferate beyond their resources and cause the fight for food. Through this process, the most adaptable to the environment survive.