Survey workers standing on a rocky cliff ... would become critical to the field of paleontology. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who published his own theory on evolution by natural ...

Like so many great scientists, Charles Darwin was first drawn to science as a young boy by his intense interest in the diverse animals and plants that filled his surroundings. Later, despite his ...

This story appears in the February 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle, during the years 1831-36, is one of the best ...

Cambridge University Library In late 1833, with the HMS Beagle anchored in Montevideo and Charles ... standing upon a pinnacle of the Andes,’” Capt. Robert FitzRoy wrote in a letter to Darwin.

English Heritage Images Charles Darwin lived with his wife, children and servants in Down House, a Georgian manor 15 miles south of London in the Kent countryside, for 40 years—from 1842 to 1882.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. He was born in Shrewsbury on 12th February 1809, son of Robert Waring ...