For my third milestone paper in
this section of class, the one subject that was most interesting to me was
learning and listening to the stories and history about Charles Darwin. It was
interesting to me because I really enjoy learning about history. I also think
that his concepts about evolution were amazing for his time. He was very
unconventional in his thinking, a true critical thinker.
The little bits of history that I really
found interesting in learning about Charles Darwin were of his sensitive nature
that prevented him from practicing medicine like his father wanted. Instead of medicine he went to divinity
school were his interest gave him a path to learn about biology and geography.
Darwin’s back ground and interest gave him more of an opportunity to accept a position
as a naturalist on the HMS Beagle. Joanne’s
lecture in class about Darwin was really interesting because it was neat to
hear little facts that we don’t normally hear about. The part about Darwin becoming Captain Adam Sedgwick’s
companion on the HMS Beagle all
because the Captain didn’t like the solitude of being Captain of a ship. It was
also interesting to learn about Darwin’s doubt about divinity because of his daughter’s
death and his marriage to his cousin.
Darwin’s conclusion of evolution;
that organisms are related to a common ancestry and that adaptation to different
environments result in the variety can really be seen and explained in our
world today. His studies of different species and environment s on the five
year voyage of the Southern Hemisphere gave him the information to form this
theory. Even though he wasn’t the first to realize that there was an
explanation to the process of nature. The concept of evolution was pretty
amazing to me given the time he was in.
I think that given the time and the
technology Darwin and many other critical thinkers of that era they were far
beyond their time. It is so amazing to know that because of people that have
thought outside normal capacity that they have paved the way for others and the
world we see today. Even though the religious view that all of nature was
created by God is still a view that thrives today we can still see the theory
of evolution.
http://www.biography.com/people/charles-darwin-9266433
This site gave a little more information than what our text did.
Cited:
"Charles Darwin." 2012.
The Biography Channel website. Nov 15 2012, 08:47 http://www.biography.com/people/charles-darwin-9266433
1.
I’m most proud of my coyote lab. It really gave
me a chance to draw again. I really miss it.
2.
I think evolution was most understandable it’s
more of a concept we see today.
3.
I still used my online sources to help me with
some of the material.
4.
I still a little vague for me only because it’s
a little difficult to balance all my classes and getting back to learning
again.
5.
The material and tools that have been provided
has been very helpful. Thank you!!
