Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was born February 12 1809 and died April 19 1882. He was an naturalist and geologist. He is known for the evolutionary theory, which is the theory of changes in organic design through controlled random mutations and contingent selection. He said that all species have a common ancestor. He combined his thoughts and theory with Alfred R. Wallace and they came up with natural selection. Natural selection is the natural process of biological traits. Darwin compared natural selection to artificial selection and called it selective breeding. He published a book in 1859 called On the Origin of Species. The book is said to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. The book introduce the scientific theory. Charles Darwin had a huge impact on the science world.

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