Term Papers on Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin

Charles Ellis
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     Charles Darwin was a man of incomprehensible genius.  He proposed theories that changed the views of the origin of mankind, as well as, the beginning of life on earth and the continual evolution of advanced forms of life. Other great scientists such as Galileo and Aristotle influenced many of Darwin's theories and statements.  With the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species" in 1859 and the subsequent acceptance of evolution by natural selection, patterns in nature were recognized as the outcome of common descent, not divine creation.  Darwin wrote to his friend and colleague Thomas Huxely:  "The time will come, I believe, though I shall not live to see it, when we shall have fairly true genealogical trees (metaphor on human evolution often discussed by Darwin) of each great kingdom of nature."  Darwin's dream remained just that, a dream but is without doubt, beginning to take tangible form, with current genetic studies.

     According to Oparin's hypothesis (hypothesis formulated about the creation of life on earth) the first simple cell, emerged about four billion years ago.  How can that hypothesis be extended to explain the variety of life forms that exist on earth today?  (Question formed by scholars in an attempt to stump Darwin)

     Darwin in his "Origin of Species" published an answer to this question in 1859.  Darwin wrote:

"As many more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there must be in every case, a struggle for existence, either one individual with another of the same species, or with individuals of distinct species, or with physical conditions of life.  Can it be thought improbable, seeing that variations useful to man have undoubtedly occurred, that other variations useful in some way to each being in the great and complex battle of life, should sometimes occur in the course of a thousand generations?"

     Darwin answered the baffling question in the form of another question and hypothesis.  His response to the question of diversification complicated matters further as many more scholars came to support the theory of probable existence (life forms simply just appearing - possibly an act of God).  Darwin responded to these claims against his theories with a series of hypotheses concerning differential evolution (differential evolution is the separation of cells at the beginning of life on earth creating different species from those primordial cells); Darwin's claims were against the theory of probable existence.  Darwin's responses were regarded as too far-fetched to be true; or more simply, lies.

     In nature, both plant and animal life forms adapt to their surroundings in order to survive.  Adaptation is crucial to the success of a particular species.  Adaptation has allowed humans to digest certain foods. Another example would be that certain species of animals grow fat prior to the winter so that the cold will not overcome them and cause them to freeze.

     When Charles Darwin was twenty-two years old, perhaps the most significant event in his life took place. The year was 1851 and the young scientist was invited to become a member of an expedition to explore natural phenomena around the world. It was this trip that would produce his most significant theoretical contributions to the biological sciences.  Ports of call, which included the Falkland and Galapagos Islands, were destined to change our understanding of the process of evolution.  His vessel, "The Beagle"(a ketch sailboat), had been used to mount other expeditions t...

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