THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION IS THE KEY THAT HAS UNLOCKED MANY

OF THE SECRETS OF THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH. IT IS THE

CORNERSTONE OF THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE NATURAL

SCIENCES ARE BUILT. CHARLES DARWIN IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER,

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury England to a

wealthy and sophisticated family with a background of scientific excellence. His

paternal grandfather was a well known physician Erasmus Darwin who

formulated one of the first formal theories on evolution in his work Zoomania in

which he discussed ideas that Charles would elaborate on some 60 years later.

Darwin originally intended to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and studied

medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but after 2 years dropped out to enroll at

the University of Cambridge, in preparation for becoming a clergyman of the

Church of England. It is there that Darwin met the most influential figures in his

education: Adam Sedgwick, a geologist, and John Stevens Henslow, a naturalist.

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