Please be specific, no attitude please.
2006-09-21 11:02:00 · 3 answers · asked by AnnaLee 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
During his work as a naturalist for the Beagle, he began documenting and formulating his theory of evolution. At the time he wrote the monumental On the Origin of Species (1859), he still accepted the "First Cause" argument. Gradually he threw off his religious beliefs. In his Descent of Man (1871), Darwin wrote: ". . . For my part I would as soon be descended from [a] baboon . . . as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies . . . treats his wives like slaves . . . and is haunted by the grossest superstitions."
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2006-09-21 14:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually that's incorrect!
DARWIN was Survival by Natural Selection.
The OTHER GUY (Herbert Spencer in his Principles of Biology of 1864) who had a theory coined that phrase (survival of the fittest). So that wasn't Darwin!
And none of these things had anything to do with the Beagle trip! The Darwin theory was written and rewritten for like 20+ years AFTER that trip.
2006-09-21 11:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
survival of the fittest
2006-09-21 11:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋