British physician, scientist, reformer, and poet whose Zoonomia (1794-1796) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles. a city and important port in northern Australia. formerly Palmerston Seaport (pop., 2001 prelim.: 69,698), capital of Northern Territory, Australia. Located on Port Darwin, a deep inlet of Clarence Strait in the Timor Sea, it has one of Australia's best harbours. The harbour was named in 1839 for Charles Darwin. The port, settled in 1869, was known as Palmerston until 1911. Located in a largely undeveloped region, Darwin is a supply and shipping centre for northern Australia. A military base in World War II, it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942, then extensively rebuilt. A cyclone in 1974 damaged or destroyed nearly all of the city; rebuilt a second time, it is now one of Australia's most modern cities. Darwin's finch Darwin Charles Robert Darwin Erasmus Palmerston of Palmerston Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Lord Palmerston
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection
{i} family name; Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and author, developer of the theory of evolution by natural selection
"He'd seen enough of the Nightcliffe, he'd had enough of his friendsif he didn't get out of Darwin, the grog'd do him in "
provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Charles: (1809-1882) Author of the book [3: " On the Origin of Species - search for "Darwin" [1] ; 2 ]] by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" (1859) He introduced his theories of evolution through a process called natural selection [2: ] He showed that in the struggle for life, including the search for food and mates, some individuals had traits that improved survival and reproductive success These traits are inherited, so the offspring may express features and characteristics that were successful within the environment that the parents occupied [3: Darwin ]; [3: Darwin ]; [3: literature org- Origin of Species ]; [3: A Catholic response ]; [2 : Darwin photo ]; [3: Charles Darwin ]; [3: Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ]; [3: Darwin biography ] [3: Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana brief comment on books of Darwin's time]
Another name for the Mac OS X core operating system The Darwin kernel is equivalent to the Mac OS X kernel plus the BSD libraries and commands essential to the BSD Commands environment Darwin is Open Source technology
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
One of the international honours awarded to people who supposedly help to improve the human gene pool by "removing themselves from it in a spectacularly stupid manner."
A symbol, portrayed as a fish with legs, used to indicate support for evolution as being the cause of species diversification, rather than the religious Creationist view
or Galápagos finch Any of 14 species (in three genera) of songbirds (family Fringillidae) whose adaptations to several ecological niches in the Galápagos Islands and Cocos Island gave Charles Darwin evidence for his thesis that "species are not immutable. " All the species are 4-8 in. (10-20 cm) long and brownish or black, but they differ greatly in the configuration of the bill, which is suited to each species' particular feeding habit
a British scientist who developed the theory of evolution, which is the idea that plants and animals develop gradually from simpler to more complicated forms by natural selection. This is the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for life in their environment will continue to live, while all others will die. He wrote about his ideas in his book On the Origin of Species. (1809-82). born Feb. 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng. died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent British naturalist. The grandson of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and biology at Cambridge. He was recommended as a naturalist on HMS Beagle, which was bound on a long scientific survey expedition to South America and the South Seas (1831-36). His zoological and geological discoveries on the voyage resulted in numerous important publications and formed the basis of his theories of evolution. Seeing competition between individuals of a single species, he recognized that within a local population the individual bird, for example, with the sharper beak might have a better chance to survive and reproduce and that if such traits were passed on to new generations, they would be predominant in future populations. He saw this natural selection as the mechanism by which advantageous variations were passed on to later generations and less advantageous traits gradually disappeared. He worked on his theory for more than 20 years before publishing it in his famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859). The book was immediately in great demand, and Darwin's intensely controversial theory was accepted quickly in most scientific circles; most opposition came from religious leaders. Though Darwin's ideas were modified by later developments in genetics and molecular biology, his work remains central to modern evolutionary theory. His many other important works included Variation in Animals and Plants Under Domestication (1868) and The Descent of Man... (1871). He was buried in Westminster Abbey. See also Darwinism
{i} Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82), British scientist, originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection, author of "The Descent of Man" and "Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
born Feb. 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Eng. died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent British naturalist. The grandson of Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and biology at Cambridge. He was recommended as a naturalist on HMS Beagle, which was bound on a long scientific survey expedition to South America and the South Seas (1831-36). His zoological and geological discoveries on the voyage resulted in numerous important publications and formed the basis of his theories of evolution. Seeing competition between individuals of a single species, he recognized that within a local population the individual bird, for example, with the sharper beak might have a better chance to survive and reproduce and that if such traits were passed on to new generations, they would be predominant in future populations. He saw this natural selection as the mechanism by which advantageous variations were passed on to later generations and less advantageous traits gradually disappeared. He worked on his theory for more than 20 years before publishing it in his famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859). The book was immediately in great demand, and Darwin's intensely controversial theory was accepted quickly in most scientific circles; most opposition came from religious leaders. Though Darwin's ideas were modified by later developments in genetics and molecular biology, his work remains central to modern evolutionary theory. His many other important works included Variation in Animals and Plants Under Domestication (1868) and The Descent of Man... (1871). He was buried in Westminster Abbey. See also Darwinism
{i} Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British scientist, originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection, author of "The Descent of Man" and "Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
born Dec. 12, 1731, Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died April 18, 1802, Derby, Derbyshire British physician, grandfather of Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. A freethinker and radical, Darwin often wrote his opinions and scientific treatises in verse. In Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life (1794-96), he advanced a theory of evolution similar to that of Lamarck, suggesting that species modified themselves by adapting to their environment in an intentional way. His conclusions, drawn from simple observation, were rejected by the more sophisticated 19th-century scientists, including his grandson Charles