Happy Thursday! It is Late Start Day, or LSD, but it is an unusual Thursday. Instead of Core Concentration, we are writing a Science Solutions blog entry post since we had the writing test on Tuesday and chose that day to write our history blog. Anyways, the assignment for today is to write about who or what contributed and helped Charles Darwin in constructing his theory of evolution and natural selection. We have already wrapped up our unit on this material, so we have plenty of knowledge of it.
Lots of research is what formed the basis of Darwin's theory. He traveled around the world finding evidence of evolution and changes in species relating to climate and adaptation. He wrote his findings in his journal to keep them fresh in his mind. Eventually he began working them into a book later in his life. However, Darwin did not formulate this theory alone. He was influenced by and used publications by other scientists and naturalists such as Charles Lyell and Thomas Malthus, especially when researching natural selection and adaptation of species. For example, both of the above published scientific novels about selection and Thomas Malthus termed "selective breeding". Darwin was the one who named "natural selection" and used principles discovered by Malthus to explain that selection occurs in nature, too. It should be known that not all of Charles Darwin's work was based on his instincts and intellect, but most of it was original and ingenious. In a way, it was almost as if Darwin had worked alongside scientists to create the complex theory.
I said previously that Darwin published his book explaining what evolution and natural selection were later in his life. This was due to his wife, who encouraged him to get the word of his findings and thoughts out. He had previously been hesitant to expose his ideas to the world because he did not want speculation of his being a heretic or non-believer out.
Lots of research is what formed the basis of Darwin's theory. He traveled around the world finding evidence of evolution and changes in species relating to climate and adaptation. He wrote his findings in his journal to keep them fresh in his mind. Eventually he began working them into a book later in his life. However, Darwin did not formulate this theory alone. He was influenced by and used publications by other scientists and naturalists such as Charles Lyell and Thomas Malthus, especially when researching natural selection and adaptation of species. For example, both of the above published scientific novels about selection and Thomas Malthus termed "selective breeding". Darwin was the one who named "natural selection" and used principles discovered by Malthus to explain that selection occurs in nature, too. It should be known that not all of Charles Darwin's work was based on his instincts and intellect, but most of it was original and ingenious. In a way, it was almost as if Darwin had worked alongside scientists to create the complex theory.
I said previously that Darwin published his book explaining what evolution and natural selection were later in his life. This was due to his wife, who encouraged him to get the word of his findings and thoughts out. He had previously been hesitant to expose his ideas to the world because he did not want speculation of his being a heretic or non-believer out.
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