Question

Charles darwin contribution in 100 words

Answer 1

Charles Darwin was the first scientist to publish a coherent theory of Evolution by Natural selection. He wasn’t the first to intuitively suspect that species evolved from a common ancestor, but he was the first to publish a coherent theory and bring forth evidence for it.

He actually sat on his discovery for about 20 years and published it only when he realized someone else was coming up with a similar theory.
Evolution or survival of the species. Darwin basically said that humans evolved over time. They changed in ways that allowed them to survive over time. Humans were not the only species that changed over time. He used the Galopicos (sp???) Island animals as an example. The animals and birds had changed so that they would be able to survive there. The same species in the areas they had originated in had not changed. Back in Darwin's time or prior to that time, science and religion worked together. When dinosaur bones & fossils were discovered, questions began to be asked. However, Darwin's theory of evolution separated religion and science completely by explaining changes in fossils and bones over a period of time that showed that the earth was older than what the Church believed it to be based on the Bible. Many people think that you are either a believer in God and how the Earth and all species came to be or an evolutionist. However, a contempary of Darwin's believed that you could be both but that would mean that there would need to be compromises on both sides.