Charles Darwin
Date Submitted: 01/23/2004 03:08:42
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (222 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (222 words)
In 1859, Charles Darwin developed a theory explaining the history of our evolution. He also came up with the idea of Natural Selection. This is the idea that the environment an organism lives in helps to determine which organisms survive and produce young, and which do not.
When Darwin was a young man he traveled around the world on the H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836), a research vessel. His job was to make observations on the …
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…in traits.
Natural Selection: Nature "selects" the best individuals to survive due to better traits that the organism has.
Survival of the fittest: The organism best adapted to their environment will be able to live on and produce offspring.
Evolution: A species will evolve as a result of the accumulation of variations (adaptations) and as a result of natural selection. This will lead to a species better equipped and adapted to their environment.
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