A Man By The Name Of Species By Charles R. Darwin

Introduction A man by the name of Charles R. Darwin published a book that was titled On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, (typically called The Origin of Species). Published in 1859, this book caused a great dispute in the world of science. You see, in his book Darwin was just trying to answer an age old question â€Å"How Did We Get Here?† without ever referring to a supernatural creator. This book shocked the science community. Up until now, science was linked to god. The idea to some people that science and God were not together was astonishing. But to others it was horrendous. These people couldn’t believe a scientist who didn’t refer to God as a natural part†¦show more content†¦He mainly concentrated on the finches. Many science historians give credit to the birds (Darwin’s Finches) in inspiring Darwin’s theory. Let’s look at the birds. Bird 1 has thick long beak. Bird 2 has a thick short beak. Bird 3 has a tiny stub like beak while bird 4 has a short narrow beak. Also their food preferences varied between the species. The big beaked birds could crack a shell of an egg, while the small beaked birds could only eat insects. What does this prove? They are a good example of micro-evolution. They show us that finches can vary in their morphology, and that natural selection has a role in this. HOWEVER†¦This study does not give evidence for macro-evolution, and does not prove that natural selection and random mutation could produce the living world as we know it from simple single-celled ancestors. Microevolution VS. Macroevolution Darwin was able to derail an idea that each individual species on the earth was specially created by God and could never fundamentally change. How? Darwin compared domestic the domesticated versions of many animals with that of their wild counterparts. Example. Wild dogs behaved different from domesticated dogs. Fact most domesticated dogs cannot reproduce with wild ones. Thus domestic dogs were considered a whole different species however, domestic dogs were only wild dogs that the breeder trained. Dog breeders would selectively mate these dogs that had allowed reproducing. This manmade selection Darwin realized this