{"id":97,"date":"2021-11-02T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/?p=97"},"modified":"2021-12-18T22:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T22:05:46","slug":"if-darwin-was-right-well-probably-figure-it-out-in-a-few-million-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/2021\/11\/02\/if-darwin-was-right-well-probably-figure-it-out-in-a-few-million-years\/","title":{"rendered":"If Darwin was right, we\u2019ll probably figure it out in a few million years\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CHARLES DARWIN\u2019S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES PUBLISHED (1859)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever wondered where your favourite animals, flowers, or even people originated from?? Well, Charles Darwin and his book <em>On the Origin of Species <\/em>tells us exactly how!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-1024x735.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-1024x735.png 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-880x632.png 880w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM-220x158.png 220w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-6.54.47-AM.png 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/surprising-facts-about-charles-darwin-4868791\">https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/surprising-facts-about-charles-darwin-4868791<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Darwin is a pretty famous guy, and deservedly so. This guy revolutionized biology by explaining how life evolves and diversifies, and still continues to remain relevant today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Darwin\u2019s book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process we call natural selection. This book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin went on a big trip, collecting evidence in the 1830s on the Beagle Expedition, and his subsequent findings from the research included evidence of this theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUN FACT: He liked to eat exotic animals, but not owls.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While on his journey, according to the records, Charles Darwin&#8217;s favourite meal was a 20-pound rodent believed to be an agouti. He describes it as the &#8220;very best meat he&#8217;s ever tasted&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arguing wth the Critiques!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Darwin at first SHOCKED religious Victorian society by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry. I mean, making the statement that wild monkeys were related to us as human beings, was a crazy idea to people who never would have imagined. However, his nonreligious biology appealed to the rising class of professional scientists, and by the time of his passing, evolutionary imagery had spread through all of science literature and politics. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Darwin%27s_finches_by_Gould.jpg\/1200px-Darwin%27s_finches_by_Gould.jpg\" alt=\"Evolution - Wikipedia\" width=\"840\" height=\"633\" \/><figcaption><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nature and structure of Darwin\u2019s Arguments in his writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Darwin\u2019s aims were twofold: to show that species had in fact not been separately created and that natural selection had been the chief agent of change. The first couple of chapters in his book lay out his case that selection in nature, caused by the struggle for existence, is analogous to the selection of variations under domestication, and that the accumulation of adaptive variations provides a scientifically testable mechanism for evolutionary speciation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM-824x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM-824x1024.png 824w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM-768x954.png 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM-220x273.png 220w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/chelseawoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13304\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-03-at-7.18.33-AM.png 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/artismortis.com\/downloads\/charles-darwin-notebook-tree-of-life-evolution-diagram-sketch\/\">https:\/\/artismortis.com\/downloads\/charles-darwin-notebook-tree-of-life-evolution-diagram-sketch<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Modern Influence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, he established a philosophy of biology by introducing the time factor, demonstrating the importance of chance and contingency, and showing that theories in evolutionary biology are based on concepts rather than laws. But furthermore-and this is perhaps Darwin\u2019s greatest contribution \u2013 he developed a set of new principles that influence the thinking of every person: the living world, through evolution, can be explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To now summarize our findings, no educated person questions the validity of the <em>theory <\/em>of evolution, which we now know to be a simple fact. Likewise, most of Darwin\u2019s particular theses have been fully confirmed, such as that of common descent, the gradualism of evolution, and his explanatory theory of natural selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/\u201cEvolution.\u201d Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Nov. 2021, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution.\">http:\/\/\u201cEvolution.\u201d Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Nov. 2021, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Evolution.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Serena, Katie. \u201cCharles Darwin Not Only Discovered New Species - He Ate Them Too.\u201d All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 15 Dec. 2017, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/charles-darwin-glutton-club.\">Serena, Katie. \u201cCharles Darwin Not Only Discovered New Species &#8211; He Ate Them Too.\u201d <em>All That&#8217;s Interesting<\/em>, All That&#8217;s Interesting, 15 Dec. 2017, https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/charles-darwin-glutton-club.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/McLendon, Russell. \u201c7 Surprising Facts about Charles Darwin.\u201d Treehugger, Treehugger, 15 May 2020, https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/surprising-facts-about-charles-darwin-4868791.\">http:\/\/McLendon, Russell. \u201c7 Surprising Facts about Charles Darwin.\u201d Treehugger, Treehugger, 15 May 2020, https:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/surprising-facts-about-charles-darwin-4868791.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/\u201cOn the Origin of Species.\u201d Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Oct. 2021, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Origin_of_Species.\">http:\/\/\u201cOn the Origin of Species.\u201d Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Oct. 2021, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/On_the_Origin_of_Species.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLES DARWIN\u2019S ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES PUBLISHED (1859) Have you ever wondered where your favourite animals, flowers, or even people originated from?? Well, Charles Darwin and his book On the Origin of Species tells us exactly how! Charles Darwin is a pretty famous guy, and deservedly so. 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