Charles Darwin's Theory Of Natural Selection

Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Desmond, Adrian J.). Darwin didn’t do very good in his classes when he went to school in Shrewsbury because the lessons were done in mostly latin classics and Darwin was more interested in nature (“Darwin’s Early Life.”). Charles Darwin was mainly interested in biology and chemistry but, Darwin’s father sent him to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland to study medicine as he did and as his father did (Darwin's Timeline). Darwin was not interested in the medical field; he found it very boring and was squeamish at the sight of blood (Darwin's Timeline). Robert Grant who was a Scottish zoologist starting talking with Darwin and introducing him to the ideas of evolution while they would go on their daily walks (Darwin's Timeline).

He believed that creation either happened at the beginning of the world, or was created by natural selection (Biography.com Editors). When Darwin developed his theory of evolution and started to share it many people were upset with the fact that he was questioning and going against religion (Liu, Joseph).People were confused by the fact Darwin had a scientific theory, with no actual proof, besides traits of natural selection; but the thought of him to address this was outrageous (Negus, Michael). The response to evolution today has become more of a welcoming idea then what it used to be, even though many Christians still believe that God created us, so their idea of ‘evolving’ is a little different than Darwin’s theory (Negus, Michael). Evolution has been taught is biology classes since it has become a