Who found out aout natural selection?

Answer 1

CHARLES DARWIN ( 1809 - 1882 )

WHAT EXACTLY DID CHARLES DARWIN DO?

The theory of evolution was not new, in fact it had been around since the time of the ancient Greeks, but Charles Darwin is seen as the scientist who developed the modern theory of evolution and together with Alfred Russel Wallace proposed the principle of natural selection. Darwin eventually published his findings in,The Origin of the Species by Natural Selection.

HOW DID CHARLES DARWIN FIND OUT ABOUT NATURAL SELECTION?

Charles Darwin sailed from Plymouth on the 27 December 1831 on a journey that was to take him many thousands of miles. He sailed in a ship called the Beagle. The Beagle was not a big ship, it was only about 28 metres long and had to be home to 74 people for the whole voyage.

TheBeagleat Sydney Harbour, 1841. Watercolour by Owen Stanley.

Illustration inDarwin and the Beagleby Alan Moorehead (1969)

Darwin took with him a copy of The Bible and books by Milton, Humboldt as well as a copy of Lyell's first volume onPrinciples Of Geology.He also took binoculars, a geological magnifying glass and jars of spirit for preserving specimens.

For many of the early weeks at sea, Darwin was extremely sea-sick and could eat nothing but raisins. When they landed at Cape Verde he began to feel better, as he was able to go ashore and start noting, collecting, recording and observing the bird life, the natives, the plants and the landscape.