Charles Darwin
He was a British scientist .
He is famous
He was born on February 12 , 1809.
As a child
He collected insects and plants .
he was very interested in nature
He went to college to study medicine , but he hated it.
His life changed in 1831
When he joined a scientific voyage around the world .
During a trip he collect an enormous number of birds , plants , and fossils .
He studied the animals and plants there , and noticed small but important differences between species on different islands .
It was then that he started to develop his ideas about evolutions.
Darwin returned to England in 1836 to collect evidence to support his theory.
In 1859 he published his famous book "On the Origin of Species
According to his theory animals or plants that are best adapted are more likely to survive and pass on to their offspring.
because he described the theory of evolution
which transformed the way people think about life on Earth.
He found South America and the Galapagos Islands particulary interesting .