The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
Naturalist Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. In 1831, he embarked on a five-year survey voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle. His studies of specimens around the globe led him to formulate his theory of evolution and his views on the process of natural selection. In 1859, he published On the Origin of Species.
But, did you know that the word ‘evolution’ does not appear in Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species once? Or that evolution simply refers to change and not to progress, which is a common misconception.
It is curious that, although the modern theory of evolution has its source in Charles Darwin’s great book On the Origin of Species (1859), the word evolution does not appear in the original text at all. In fact, Darwin seems deliberately to have avoided using the word evolution, preferring to refer to the process of biological change as ‘transmutation’.
Charles Darwin died on April 19, 1882, in London.
On the Origin of Species - Read it online:https://archive.org/details/originofspecies00darwuoft
Bio:http://www.biography.com/people/charles-darwin-9266433
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