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Inception of Darwin's theory - Summary - outline of inception of theory | | Inception of Darwin's theory - Summary - outline of inception of theory: Encyclopedia II - Inception of Darwin's theory - Summary - outline of inception of theory | | At Darwin's #Geological début, species related to places were shown when the ornithologist John Gould noticed that specimens from the Galápagos Islands formed "a series of ground finches which are so peculiar" as to form "an entirely new group." The anatomist Richard Owen found that Darwin's fossils showed that extinct species were related to current species in the same locality.
#Transmutation ideas convinced Darwin that original immigrants had been altered somehow to become an array of new species, and he began to look at fossils ...
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Inception of Darwin's theory - Summary - outline of inception of theory
During this period, Darwin established his position in the scientific establishment as a distinguished geologist, and looked for a wife. Secretly, he was developing what would become his theory of natural selection, the aspect of his life which seems most significant nowadays. This section outlines that development, with links (headed #) to the sections below giving more detail.
At Darwin's #Geological début, species related to places were shown when the ornithologist John Gould noticed that specimens from the Galápagos Islands formed "a series of ground finches which are so peculiar" as to form "an entirely new group." The anatomist Richard Owen found that Darwin's fossils showed that extinct species were related to current species in the same locality.
#Transmutation ideas convinced Darwin that original immigrants had been altered somehow to become an array of new species, and he began to look at fossils in an evolutionary light.
In #Secret notebooks Darwin's speculations included an "irregularly branched" genealogical tree, life as arising only once, and possible experiments. He developed an essentially materialist and deterministic view of human beings and began writing of "my theory".
#Animal observations of an orang-utan at the zoo showed how human its expressions looked, and made him think that there was little gulf between man and animals. He investigated animal breeding and found parallels to nature removing runts and keeping the fit, with farmers deliberately selecting breeding animals so that through "a thousand intermediate forms" their descendants were significantly changed.
His #Secret speculations considered instincts and mental traits, with habits, beliefs, facial expressions and even the "love of deity" having evolved. He thought of the social implications of evolution, suggesting female education to improve mankind which had been "created from animals."
#Malthus and Natural Law led him to apply to his search for the Creator's laws the Whig social thinking of struggle for survival with no handouts.
In his #Theory he compared breeders selecting traits to a Malthusian Nature selecting from variants thrown up by "chance", then continued to look to the countryside for supporting information.
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