Where did charles darwin conducted his studies (I know its a bunch of islands... but don't know its name) and what kind of bird did he study ?
2007-03-12 17:49:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
he was fake scientist, he try to be philosopher but his theory is so weak...
2007-03-12 21:18:05 · answer #1 · answered by Dart Z 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Darwin spent five years travelling around the world on the British Navy ship HMS Beagle. His most famous stop was at the Galapagos Islands where he noticed some unusual birds. He wasn't too good at bird recognition so he didnt know what kind they were. After he got back to England he took them to a bird specialist and they worked out that they were Finches.
He also stopped at the Canary islands, and at the islands of Tierra del Fuego, as well as others. When he got back he wrote a book about the trip. He spent a lot of time (years) talking to other biologists about everything he had seen. Some suggested that he should pick a subject and study up on it so that he would understand biology better, so he chose barnacles and he became the world expert on barnacles. Afterwards he said he wished he had picked something more interesting, because he was really sick of looking at barnacles! hahahah!
Darwin read Malthus' book and others and he developed his theory of natural selection based on his observations of thousands of different animals and plants. This theory is now acccepted by biologists all over the world as one of the fundamental cornerstones of biology,
2007-03-14 08:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Galapagos Islands
2007-03-13 20:22:20 · answer #3 · answered by Juan C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galapagos Islands
2007-03-13 16:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by amymrgrt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darwin concluded his studies in England. As a young man he went to the Galapagos Islands, but most of his studies were done after he returned home.
Darwin studied all nature on the Galapagos Islands, but unfortunately did not record which islands the sample of finches he caught came from, so he was unable to use them in his study of evolution. Most of his work was done by studying barnacles.
2007-03-13 05:39:55 · answer #5 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He studied finches in the Galapagos Islands (although he did not have the insight about the significance of the variations until after he left the islands)
2007-03-13 01:28:34 · answer #6 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Galapagos Islands, on the HMS Beagle, and the beak characteristics of the finch on both the islands and the South American continent parent population.
2007-03-13 00:54:16 · answer #7 · answered by Kerry Q 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Galapagos Islands
his Theory of Natural Selection was based on his observations taken there on the HMS Beagle, as well as the Population theory of Malthus
2007-03-13 04:10:13 · answer #8 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Galapagos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Journey_of_the_Beagle
2007-03-13 00:52:21 · answer #9 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
galapagus islands, were he studied the finches
2007-03-16 23:02:31 · answer #10 · answered by jlk15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galapagos. Blue-footed booby.
2007-03-13 00:57:19 · answer #11 · answered by Debra G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋