Darwin was revolutionary because he elegantly composed the "Theory of Evolution" from the mounting evidence that the earth and it's inhabitants were extremely older and than previously believed. Among other findings, Darwin hypothesized that life works as a dynamic, evolving, cycle. It had been previously thought that all life on earth began at the same time as created by God, and that all flora and fauna were created as they are today in their present form. Darwin discovered that life isn't static. Random genetic mutations occur between generations of every living creature on earth. While most of these mutations are detrimental to a species survival, every so often a mutation is beneficial. Giraffes with a slightly longer neck may be able to survive by reaching uneaten foliage during a drought. Giraffes without this mutation will soon starve to death. The successful, long necked giraffe is now able to reproduce and pass this gene along to his/her offspring. Eventually, over millions of years, giraffes that we see today all carry that gene. The ones that didn't, did not survive to reproduce.
These mutations are caused by a myriad of influences, namely radiation from the sun which slowly changes and skews RNA/DNA.
All of these changes take time, often hundreds of millions of years. Darwin is often and falsely credited with hypothesizing the earth's age to be much greater than was believed. While he didn't come up with the idea on his own, the notion that the earth is older than 4,000 - 10,000 years certainly meshed well with the timelines necessary for such evolution and diversity to occur throughout the earth.
The Darwin in this section, although named after Charles Darwin, is the capital city of the Northern Territory in Australia. This is the Travel Australia section.
That being said, Charles Darwin was one of the most famous scientists of all time. His work has never been out of print and it is the cornerstone of much of science today. Biology doesn't make sense without Darwin.
If you want to find out more about him, there is a lot of good information here:
what on earth? how old are you, anyway? pray you're in like fifth grade or something.
so have you ever heard of the Theory of Evolution? the theory that the human species evolved from primal monkeys? well Charles Darwin was revolutionary because he came up with this theory. He was the one who, after extensive research on the Galapagos Islands, came to wonder if species could change genetically based on where they live etc.
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Darwin was revolutionary because he elegantly composed the "Theory of Evolution" from the mounting evidence that the earth and it's inhabitants were extremely older and than previously believed. Among other findings, Darwin hypothesized that life works as a dynamic, evolving, cycle. It had been previously thought that all life on earth began at the same time as created by God, and that all flora and fauna were created as they are today in their present form. Darwin discovered that life isn't static. Random genetic mutations occur between generations of every living creature on earth. While most of these mutations are detrimental to a species survival, every so often a mutation is beneficial. Giraffes with a slightly longer neck may be able to survive by reaching uneaten foliage during a drought. Giraffes without this mutation will soon starve to death. The successful, long necked giraffe is now able to reproduce and pass this gene along to his/her offspring. Eventually, over millions of years, giraffes that we see today all carry that gene. The ones that didn't, did not survive to reproduce.
These mutations are caused by a myriad of influences, namely radiation from the sun which slowly changes and skews RNA/DNA.
All of these changes take time, often hundreds of millions of years. Darwin is often and falsely credited with hypothesizing the earth's age to be much greater than was believed. While he didn't come up with the idea on his own, the notion that the earth is older than 4,000 - 10,000 years certainly meshed well with the timelines necessary for such evolution and diversity to occur throughout the earth.
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The Darwin in this section, although named after Charles Darwin, is the capital city of the Northern Territory in Australia. This is the Travel Australia section.
That being said, Charles Darwin was one of the most famous scientists of all time. His work has never been out of print and it is the cornerstone of much of science today. Biology doesn't make sense without Darwin.
If you want to find out more about him, there is a lot of good information here:
http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/charles_darwi...
what on earth? how old are you, anyway? pray you're in like fifth grade or something.
so have you ever heard of the Theory of Evolution? the theory that the human species evolved from primal monkeys? well Charles Darwin was revolutionary because he came up with this theory. He was the one who, after extensive research on the Galapagos Islands, came to wonder if species could change genetically based on where they live etc.
look it up on wikipedia or something.