Darwin Still Making Waves 200 Years Later

CNN ^ | 2/12/09 | Azadeh Ansari

[steve-b]

Before there was an extensive fossil record, DNA sequencing or even a basic understanding of genetics, there was Charles Darwin.

Today, the world commemorates the 200th birthday of a man who single-handedly revolutionized biology with an explosive theory that challenged the core of our existence....

Darwin devoted much of his adult life to questioning the unquestionable. Born February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England, he earned a degree in theology from Cambridge University and was known for his obsession with collecting things, especially beetles.

His outlook on life changed after he embarked in 1831 on a five-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle, a British naval ship. His observations during the journey inspired Darwin to develop his theory of natural selection, the process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment produce more offspring while those less suited eventually die out.

After spending 20 years meticulously crafting and weighing the implications of his theory, Darwin finally went public with his life's work. "On the Origin of Species," his landmark book about evolution and natural selection, was published in 1859.

Darwin was an unassuming scholar who wanted to make a humble contribution to the world of science, but his ideas on evolution were heresy to much of 18th-century England. The implication that our past, present and futures are all connected in an integrated web shook the biological, religious and political foundations of life as it was believed to be....

[ari-freedom]

yeah...handwaving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwaving

[goat granny]

Hi Is Darwin making waves or the idiots that have made Darwinism a religion? Being dead I don’t think Darwin cares......:O)