FormingaTheory
Darwinrealizedthatbeingisolatedontheislandsresultedinspecialadaptations.Thesechangeshappenedslowly.Then,overtime,newspecieswere formed.
Darwinwasn’ttheonlyscientisttothinkaboutevolution.Hisgreatcontributionwasthathecouldexplainhow andwhy evolutionoccurred.In1859,Darwinpublishedabook,OntheOriginofSpecies.Init,heproposedthatspeciesevolve,orchangeover time.
Españolacactus finch
largeground finch
Darwinalsosuggestedawayinwhichlivingthingsevolve.Naturalselectionsaysthatsomeplantsandanimalshavetraitsthatworkbestinaparticularplace.Theselivingthingsaretheonesthatwillsurviveand reproduce.
Darwin’sthinkinghelpedtochangehowpeoplesawthenaturalworld.Hewillalwaysbe remembered.
