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Menu. Main navigation. Work. For Kids. This section is for kids. Charles Darwin was a brilliant naturalist who changed the way people think about life on earth. One reason why he was able to do this was because he was always passionate about science

Menu. Main navigation. Darwin & The Worms. Darwin died in the spring of 1882. His last major published work was on the earthworm: The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms went on sale in 1881. Somewhat surprisingly it was a big

Menu. Main navigation. Life. Work. In this section you'll find articles about Darwin's life. Darwin had an amazing life! He spent his youth and university years making the most of life - eating, drinking and having fun. Yet out of this emerged a

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Case Studies. Here you can read some case studies about various aspects of evolutionary biology. These incorporate evidence from the fossil record, the DNA record and observations from populations of animals carefully

Menu. Main navigation. Evolutionary. Astrophysics? If you had to choose one subject left untouched by the impact of Darwin’s ideas, you might think a safe bet is physics. It’s difficult to see how unravelling the mechanism for the diversity and

Thanks to this Darwin’s name was already known on his return and so he could begin editing his notes and diaries for publication, and digesting the lessons he had learned

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Applications. What use is evolution? Many people spend their whole lives carrying out research on evolutionary biology. Governments give scientists millions of pounds to do this research. Why? Apart from the obvious

Menu. Main navigation. Welcome! Welcome to the Charles Darwin & Evolution website. This website celebrates the life, work and impact of Charles Darwin. There are lots of articles about who Darwin was, what he did and why he matters. You can also

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Evolution. Human Evolution. Please see the corresponding article in the Works section. 2015 Christ's College, Cambridge. Primate 6 Faces by Stephen D. Nash/Conservation International. 1997. Used with permission. 2024.

Menu. Main navigation. Eugenics. What does your ideal partner look like? Now what about their mind? To many of us the idea of someone who looks like they could belong on America’s next top model with a stellar IQ and a quick sense of humour is

Menu. Main navigation. Darwin's Impact On Psychology. In On the Origin of Species Darwin wrote:. ‘In the distant future I see open fields for more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary

plants: ‘may not those naturalists… learn a lesson of caution when they deride the idea of species in a state of nature being lineal descendents of other species?’.

Menu. Main navigation. Darwin & Botany. Many people know about Gregor Mendel and his work on peas which laid the foundation for modern genetics, but the public does not often associate Darwin with botany. They should: he published numerous articles

Menu. Main navigation. Darwin & Zoology. Humans are animals. Many people most readily associate Darwin’s evolutionary ideas with other animals: monkeys, birds, whales etc. But neither Darwin’s theoretical work nor his practical studies were

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Updating Darwin. Science works by continually testing and revising its theories. Darwin's theories on how evolution works have been no exception. 150 years worth of research has shown that Darwin was right, but have also

Menu. Main navigation. Work. For Teachers. Class Trips In Cambridge. Sometimes getting out of the classroom and teaching in a different setting can be great for both students and teachers. Cambridge has a lot of places ideal for educational school

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Updating Darwin. Mendel's Genetics. The work of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for genetics. Initially his work went unnoticed and when it was finally recognised his findings were seen as being an alternative to

Menu. Main navigation. Work. Updating Darwin. The DNA Age. Darwin's theories depended on there being a way for offspring to inherit their parents' characteristics. For example, if a particular giraffe has a longer neck than average, allowing it to

Menu. Main navigation. Darwin's Impact On Biology. ‘Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution’ – Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973). These words are as true today as they were at the time they were written. Evolution has

Menu. Main navigation. Life. Work. How Henslow inspired Darwin. Darwin’s time spent at Christ’s was a period of great intellectual growth in his life, and it is here that some of the major ideas that culminated in his evolutionary theories were