Charles Darwin, the man who changed our view about the existing of humanity

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By Vivian Vleesch du Bois | Published Thursday 15 December 2011
Survival of the fittest

There are people how believes that god has created the world in seven days. There are also people how believes in the evolution theory and furthermore  there are people who doesn’t believe anything because they just don’t know what to believe. I belong to the second group, the evolution theory. 2009 was the year of Charles Darwin, patriarch of the evolution theory. In the same year it was 150 years ago that Darwin published his book ‘On the Origin of Species’. That book changed our thinking about the genesis of the humanity  and had an unprecedented influence at religion, science, biology and philosophy. 

Who was he ? 

Finches with different beaks

Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury. His parents where wealthy and well-connected. His grandfather was one of the leading intellectuals of 18th century England. Darwin studied at Edinburgh because he planned to follow a medical career. In 1831 he joined a five year expedition on the ship HMS Beagle. Probably there isn’t any other scientist that changes so much in the scientific world, and that makes him one of my favourite scientist that has excisted.  


The beginning of his genius theory 
During his journey with his ship ‘Beagle’ he landed at the Galapagos islands in South-America. There he investigated differences between finches who lives on the islands. The birds lives isolated from each other and because of that, investigation was possible. Darwin discovered that the  finches on different islands also had different properties. On islands where the birds eats nuts the beak was different than the birds who eats berries on a other island. He discovered that the finches developed good qualities to survive. In his theory he explains that only the best custom organism survives.  

From monkey to man

Survival of the fittest at humans
I think this theory is also applicable at humans. ‘Handsome people’ are mostly of the time people who looks healthy and young. And people with status are often attractive to. This is calculated as the same all over the world. This becomes that people unconscious looks for strong qualities so that they can give those qualities at their babies.  

Back to Darwin
Charles Darwin worked at his theory for 20 Years. After publishing his book he was attacked by the church because he negated the theory that god created the world. In his book he wrote that homo sapiens was a form of an animal. It made it seem possible that people might just have evolved, probably from apes. At that century Darwin’s theory was  new and unusual. However his ideas were accepted and rewarded and have become the new orthodoxy. Darwin died in 1882, he was recognized as one of England’s greatest scientists and I totally agree with that. If you are also interested in his life you can read his book ‘On the origin of Species’ but there are lots of books about is journeys for sale.  


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