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=**Charles Robert Darwin**=

Charles Robert Darwin was born on the 12th February 1809 and died on the 9th April in 1882. He was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. The basic idea behind this said process is that everything that is meant to survive, will survive. The stronger of the group will always survive and continue to breed and create other strong members. A good example of this is that in humans, only the smart humans will survive. Darwin, on top of coming up with with his idea, was very known for coming up with the simple, but complex idea of general evolution. Within that idea, his other idea of natural selection worked in. He thought that and proved in a scientific journal published in 1859 titled, "The Origin of Species" that all living things have descended from similar ancestry, and was generally accepted by the scientific community and most of the general public while he was still alive. However, long after his death in 1882, "from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed that natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life." The discoveries Darwin made in his lifetime were said to be some of the biggest in history, and are still referred to often in scientific studies today.

The reason that Darwins theory of evolution was important, and still is today, is because it gives us a good understanding of where we as humans came from. It is also important because it drastically altered the church. This was a huge deal, seeing as everything the church said went. For Darwin to state something in direct defiance of the church, and eventually have the church agree, is pretty crazy. Darwin paved the way for future scientists to come in and build off his idea, this bettering the scientific community as a whole. Why wouldn't that be good?



Sources: http://darwinevolved.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/charles-darwin-a-brief-summary-of-charles-darwin/

http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Charles-Darwin-Theory-Evolution.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/darwin_charles.shtml