Happy Darwin Day - Logic, Reason, and Science!

Darwin Day is the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.  This year is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.  Darwin was the first to propose the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection.  Darwin was a pioneer of his time, here are some of his major accomplishments:

• His theory of evolution by natural selection is now the unifying theory of the life sciences.  It explains where all living things came from and how they became adapted to their particular environments.
• He helped pave the way for a new branch of science called evolutionary biology.
• He was the first scientist to propose the mechanism by which the process of evolution takes place (i.e. transmutation of species).
• He was the first to propose the theory of evolution, which illustrated that humans evolved from apes.  The popular image below shows the theory of evolution.

All of these reasons are why Darwin is referred to as the father of evolutionary biology.  Without Darwin's intelligence, wisdom and passion for science where would we be today?
Happy birthday Darwin!

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change” - Charles Darwin