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[[Image:darwin.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Charles Darwin]]

[[Image:darwin.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Charles Darwin]]

Charles Darwin was a famous naturalist born in [[England]] to a Christian family on February 12, [[1809]]. He is best known for the [[Theory of Natural Selection|theory of natural selection]] which has since been generally accepted by biologists as the major mechanism for [[Theory of Evolution|evolution]]. The concept is that biological species develop over time via natural selection, branching from common origins.  Outside of evolution in particular, he was regarded as an expert on barnacles as well as credited with discovering how coral atolls were formed.

'''Charles Darwin''' was a famous naturalist born in [[England]] to a Christian family on February 12, [[1809]]. He is best known for the [[Theory of Natural Selection|theory of natural selection]] which has since been generally accepted by biologists as the major mechanism for [[Theory of Evolution|evolution]]. The concept is that biological species develop over time via natural selection, branching from common origins.  Outside of evolution in particular, he was regarded as an expert on barnacles as well as credited with discovering how coral atolls were formed.

==Religious Beliefs==

==Religious Beliefs==

# Browne, Janet  ''Charles Darwin The Power of Place'' (2002:341)

# Browne, Janet  ''Charles Darwin The Power of Place'' (2002:341)

# Kevles, B., Females of the Species: Sex and Survival in the Animal Kingdom, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 8, 1986.  

# Kevles, B., Females of the Species: Sex and Survival in the Animal Kingdom, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 8, 1986.  

[[Category:Biographies|Darwin, Charles]]

 

[[Category:Scientists|Darwin, Charles]]