Charles Darwin was born at February 12, 1809 in a town at England. Charles was one of the first evolutionary biologists that developed a theory that would change people’s believes. His most famous books published were: “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” and “The Descent of Man” which would soon be greatly criticized specially by the Catholic Church. Darwin arrived to the theory of Natural Selection after making his voyage in the HMS Beagle captained by Fitz Roy. This ship navigated through all the world were Darwin saw that many animals were from the same species but had different characteristics to adapt at their environment, especially in the Galapagos Islands. From these observations he developed his theory that said that “survival or extinction of each organism is determined by that organism’s ability to adapt to its environment. Through many experiments and after 20 years of collecting data he wrote his book. In the 18 hundreds when he developed this idea and wrote his book many people were against him because of the power that religion had. This theory was like killing God and would have a great impact in society. Darwin had so much anguish over developing his theory and publishing his book because he was a Christian and somewhat believed in God. Also, he knew the social impact that would happen if this theory was accepted by people; if there is no God, there is no good and everyone would live only for survival. People would become more like animals and this could become very dangerous. At last he published his book with the authorization of his wife in 1859.
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