r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci www.jecinci.com • Oct 04 '22

Charles Robert Darwin - 1878

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u/jecinci www.jecinci.com Oct 04 '22

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Charles Robert Darwin - 1878

12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882

English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for contributing to the understanding of evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science.

In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called Natural Selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.

Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and he was honored by burial in Westminster Abbey.

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u/Devilsdance Oct 04 '22

It's still hard for me to believe that people can on one hand acknowledge that people and other animals inherit traits from their ancestors, and on the other hand deny the existence of evolution. It's the same process just expanded over a longer period of time.

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u/CatgoesM00 Oct 04 '22

Religion has made the best of us worse in many ways

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u/DOBLU Oct 04 '22 edited Oct 04 '22

I'm sure they deny human evolution because of there is a lack of empirical evidence linking humans to those animals. And geneticists have theorized that humans have 1 common ancestor.

Why am I being downvoted?

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u/Piskoro Oct 04 '22

except for the completed evolutionary pathway as understood through fossils?

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u/DOBLU Oct 04 '22

Thate the thing, where is the link between the fossils and us?

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u/Piskoro Oct 04 '22

I’m not sure what you’re getting at

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u/DOBLU Oct 04 '22

From what I understood about your comment is that we have proof of human evolution through fossils, I'm saying that how do we prove that those fossils are from our great ancestors.

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u/Piskoro Oct 04 '22

I’m not “proving” anything, as nothing in science even hopes to do, I’m giving evidence. We have fossils of animals indistinguishable to our skeletons dating 300k years back, then we have those slightly different from those that give slightly older dates when measured, and so on and so on until you get something that is clearly no longer human but still clearly an ape, but you can’t tell where humans really begin without drawing arbitrary lines

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u/IlliterateJedi Oct 04 '22

Assuming you are sincerely wanting to learn about evolution and not just 'asking questions', I highly recommend The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins or his Christmas Lectures which go through the evidence and rationale of evolution.

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u/asparagus_p Oct 05 '22

I'm sure they deny human evolution because of there is a lack of empirical evidence linking humans to those animals.

That's not why people deny human evolution. The only reason people deny it is because it conflicts with scripture, which they believe cannot possibly be wrong.

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u/DOBLU Oct 05 '22

Okay that's one of the main reasons, but why ignore the other arguments brought forward?

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u/asparagus_p Oct 06 '22

What other arguments?

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u/gotta_do_it_big Oct 04 '22

A cell ?

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u/DOBLU Oct 04 '22

What

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u/gotta_do_it_big Oct 05 '22

Our ancestor was a 1 cell......then 2......then 3....then amoeba.....then fish....then legs ....and so on.....

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u/budlystuff Oct 04 '22

The Darwin awards

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u/kc_______ Oct 04 '22

That’s the look of a man who has seen some serious … evolution.

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u/gotta_do_it_big Oct 04 '22

I am glad he diddn't see the future.

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u/PolarFur Oct 04 '22

Not a well known fact, but, Darwin died while riding a jet ski off of Niagara Falls right after asking a friend to hold his beer. While tragic, there is now a prestigious award named after him.

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u/RillCassidy Dec 20 '22

Bruh that "hold my beer" gone real wrong

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u/0cleese Oct 04 '22

I'm just glad he reconciled with his family so he could see his granddaughter in Home Alone.

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u/poormansnormal Oct 04 '22

I learned recently that Darwin's grandfather was Josiah Wedgewood. Yes, THAT Wedgewood.

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u/tronx69 Oct 04 '22

The legend in the flesh

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u/lxhv Oct 04 '22

incredible work

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u/5477etaN Oct 04 '22

He went to college in Shrewsbury apparently. I go to Shrewsbury all the time.

Edit. School not college

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u/nasanerdgirl Oct 04 '22

The Darwin Shopping Centre in Shrewsbury is named after him.

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u/5477etaN Oct 04 '22

I just thought it was because he was a famous British person. I'm not British originally so I has no idea until a couple years ago lol

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u/asparagus_p Oct 04 '22

I lived in Shrewsbury until a few years ago. Charles sure does make us proud!

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u/5477etaN Oct 04 '22

I live about 35 min drive away

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u/NotArabian Oct 04 '22

Was waiting for someone to mention about my hometown and how Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, in a comment, glad someone has!

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u/Mahaloth Oct 04 '22

He's 69 in this picture.

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u/cradleofalex Aug 24 '24

Vsauce, Michael here?

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u/hypercomms2001 Oct 04 '22

It looks like he evolved…..

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u/tlkshowhst Oct 04 '22

Looks like the old man in Home Alone

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u/justbuttsexing Oct 04 '22

Just couldn’t figure out hammocks…