Worms, tortoises, ostriches, and flies; what do these things have in common? They are all part of Charles Darwin’s theories. Darwin spent five years aboard the HMS Beagle studying animal and plant life all over the world. This time, plus the many subsequent years he spent conversing with experts in various fields, led him to write “The Origin of Species”, often called “the book that shook the world”. With the simple act of publishing …showed first 75 words of 600 total…

…showed last 75 words of 600 total…improving the species as a whole. On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin died after a long struggle with Chagas disease, an illness he contracted during his trip to South America in 1835. Though Darwin and his evolution theories continue to gain much criticism and hatred, he shared his knowledge. Now, thousands of teachers around the world spread the word of Darwin and his contemporaries and evolution is widely accepted as scientific fact, and that is a beautiful thing.