Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Contrary to myth, Darwin has no great epiphanies about evolution while in the Galapagos. A decade later, though, he will write: "The natural history of these islands is eminently curious ...

Darwin is not yet a convert to the idea of evolution. But these days in Edinburgh stoke his passion for collecting, dissecting, and striving to understand nature. Fall 1827-Spring 1828 (Darwin's ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The development of Charles Darwin's views on evolution by natural selection has ...

The Charles Darwin bicentennial celebrates the man who recognized natural selection and changed the world's views on evolution. However, his contributions to geology should not be overlooked.

In the book, Darwin set out his theory of evolution, based on his years of research and what he had seen when travelling across the globe on the Beagle. Darwin recognised that his theory could ...

Although elements of what we now know as evolution had been discussed in the scientific community before Darwin’s groundbreaking work, he was the first to posit a complete theory accounting for ...

Darwin's revolution ... non-believers for science. Belief that evolution is a threat to specific religious tenets. Objections given to the theory of evolution of this sort often fall under ...

Darwin returned to England in 1836. A highly methodical scholar, constantly collecting and observing, he spent many years comparing and analysing specimens before finally declaring that evolution ...

A spate of books about evolution followed ... Dr Dawkins earned the sobriquet “Darwin’s rottweiler”—a nod to Thomas Huxley, an early defender of the naturalist’s ideas, known as ...