Charles Robert Darwin YY ou’ve probably seen a picture of him and he probably has a bald head, a...
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Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin YY ou’ve probably seen a picture of him and he probably has a bald head, a huge bushy beard, a bit of a funny nose and he probably
YY ou’ve probably seen a picture of him and he probably has a bald head, a huge bushy beard, a bit of a funny nose and he probably looks a bit miserable; but he wasn’t always like that! Charles had an amazing life; he travelled the world, saw volcanoes blow up and and went hunting for ostriches. When he came home, he changed the way we think about living things! Who was Charles Darwin?
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PowerPoint PresentationCharles Robert Darwin
You’ve probably seen a picture of him and he probably has a bald
head, a huge bushy beard, a bit of a funny nose and he probably
looks a bit miserable; but he wasn’t always like that! Charles had
an amazing life; he travelled the world, saw volcanoes blow up and
and went hunting for ostriches. When he came home, he changed the
way we think about living things!
Who was Charles Darwin?
Charles Robert Darwin, was an English naturalist and geologist,
best known for his contributions to evolutionary
theory.
He was born February 12, 1809, at The Mount,
Shrewsbury
Some of his awards were : Royal Medal, Copley Medal, Wollaston
Medal and many more
He went to Edinburgh University and Christ's College,
Cambridge (1828–1831)
Charles Darwin is most famous for his work on natural selection,
the idea that all species of life have evolved over time from
common ancestors. This process involves favourable traits becoming
more common in successive generations of living things while at the
same time unfavourable traits become less common.
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who
learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have
prevailed.” Charles Darwin
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