Who was Charles Darwin?
Scientist Spotlight:
Charles Darwin
Who was Charles Darwin?
Charles Darwin was an English Biologist and Geologist who lived between 1809 and 1882. He studied medicine initially before moving his interest to natural history. In 1831, he joined the HMS Beagle on a five year trip around the world to study plants, animals and fossils
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What we can learn from him:
Be curious and creative! Always question everything! Nature is very beautiful and powerful We are all connected to each other! Be patient and explore all your options!
What cool things did he do?
He came up with the Theory of Natural Selection!
Fun Facts!!!!!
This Theory tells us that all living things struggle to survive, and the characteristics that allow them to live longer are passed down to their offspring. But this Theory wasn’ t well accepted at the time...
Imagine there is a group of birds with different beak sizes. Unfortunately, there are only large and hard seeds in their natural habitat, so only the birds with large beaks that can crunch the seeds can eat them.
Since the big beak allows birds to eat the big seeds, big beaks will be passed on to the bird’ s children.
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February 12 is recognised as Charles Darwin Day
The Church of England apologised to Darwin 126 years after his death about not accepting his Theory of Evolution at first
He ate lots of exotic foods at the Glutton Club in Cambridge, such as hawk and puma
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