PPT-The Darwin Conversion Story

Robert C Newman Introduction For nearly a century a story has circulated in various tracts and books that Charles Darwin became a Christian late in his life According to the story a Christian English woman Lady Hope visited Darwin and found him reading his Bible enthusiastically. BY JESSICA ROUT. THEORY OF . Evolution!. Darwin's theory of evolution. The basic idea behind the theory of evolution is that all the different species have evolved from simple life forms. These simple life forms first developed more than three billion years ago - the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The timeline below shows some of the key events in the evolution of life forms on Earth, from the first bacteria to the first modern humans.. Stephen Jay Gould. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002). an American . paleontologist. , . evolutionary biologist. and . historian of science. . He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of . Theories of Inheritance. Chapter 7. Key Concepts. Neither Darwin nor Wallace knew how variation could be produced in Nature. . . What do we attribute this to now? . The accepted theories of inheritance were the . Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and he died in London in 1882.. He very nearly didn’t go on his voyage on the Beagle, because his father tried to stop him. . During the voyage Darwin started his theory of evolution, which made him famous. . Sally Cunningham. Defra. Sally Cunningham. Defra. Welcome & congratulations. Round 21 – just completed . 357 main project applications received at Stage 1. 57 main project applications invited to Stage 2. different. species alive today. All life shares . common. characteristics. The Earth is very . old. Life. is very . old. Life has . changed. over time. The changes have been . little changes over long periods of time. Texas Horned Lizard. Defense Behavior Adaptations. Its horns are extensions of its cranium and contain true bone.. When threatened it will puff up its body to cause its spiny scales to protrude, which makes it hard to swallow.. of Discovery. THINK ABOUT IT . If you’d met young Charles Darwin, you probably wouldn’t have guessed that his ideas would change the way we look at the world. As a boy, Darwin wasn’t a star student. . His Case. THINK ABOUT IT . Darwin wrote up a complete draft of his ideas about natural selection, but he put the work aside and didn’t publish it for another 20 years. . Darwin knew that his own theory was just as radical as Lamarck’s, so he wanted to gather as much evidence as he could to support his ideas before he made them public.. Background Info: Charles Darwin. Set sail on the HMS . Beagle. . 5 year trip around the world. Naturalist: a person who studies the natural world. He wanted to learn about the living things he saw on the voyage . Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was born in the mount, Shrewsbury and was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist. He was best known for the science of evolution. Charles lived in 3 places: Downe Kent, London and Shrewsbury. Sadly . & . Natural Selection. studied medicine at Edinburgh University (1825-1827) where the sight of blood and surgery without anesthetics repulsed him. studied to become a clergyman at Cambridge University (1827-1831). He was the son of Robert . Waring. Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. . Darwin (aged 9) with his sister Catherine. He had three other sisters: Marianne, Caroline and Susan;. as well as a . brother. named Erasmus.. Worksheet. Before the session: . what can you remember about Charles Darwin? Do you know anything about Alfred Russel Wallace? Write down your ideas here. Charles Darwin Fact File: . Born:. Travelled to: .