Over millions of years, the Earth slowly continued to change. The Sun had risen over the Earth, making the Earth spin faster until the days were only six hours long. Debris continued to crash down onto the developing Earth. Suddenly, 3.9 billion years …show more content…
Darwin believed that evolution was the development of living organisms by natural selection. On a trip to the Galapagos Islands, many naturalists believed that species were created over a long period of time. Charles Darwin had a different approach to this belief. He made the discovery that animals changed and evolved to adapt to their environments. (Adrian J Desmond, Charles Darwin, www.britanica.com) Charles Darwin shared his idea of evolution by publishing his first book named ‘’On the Origin of Species’’. His book was published in 1859 and had a great success. (Natural selection, www.bbc.co.uk) He believed that every living thing is related to one another. This was called Darwinism. Natural selection is the process in which many living organisms change their appearance, size and behavioral traits to better adapt to their environment. This theory that Charles Darwin created is also called