How Did Darwin Contribute To His Experiments

Darwin’s childhood consisted of experiments with his brother, collecting insects, and a dislike for school. Two years before finishing school, his father sent him to Edinburgh with his brother where he was forced to go to medical school1. However, after witnessing an operation before performing anesthesia and finding that surgery is not for him, Darwin vanished and never went back. Soon after finding that Darwin dropped out of medical school, his father stopped supporting him financially. Luckily, Darwin found the Church of England where he was provided with a place to live in and was supported financially2. During his time in college, as required by the Church of England, Darwin met his role model,4 who played a big role on Darwin’s career and sort of paved the way towards his future discoveries. Reverend John Stevens Henslow, his botany professor at the time, sparked Darwin’s interest in traveling …show more content…
Through these and many other challenges they encountered, Darwin managed to find important remnants as well as make observations on organisms and geological aspects. Such were the Galapagos’ birds, tortoises, sea level differences, large animal bones, and other fossils. Darwin would then send his findings to England for the experts to investigate further. In the year 1833, Henslow let Darwin know that his findings were shipped and that a particular fossil he found, the Megatherium, was displayed in a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science9. Nevertheless, one important stop that would impact Darwin’s future discovery, was the Galapagos island. Here as I mentioned, was where Darwin found several reptiles including large tortoises 10. He collected animals and started wondering whether organisms on the island in particular the birds, were similar as those in South