Charles Robert Darwin, (; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and, in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. 

Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species", overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many favoured competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. 

Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh; instead, he helped to investigate marine invertebrates. Studies at the University of Cambridge (Christ's College) encouraged his passion for natural science. His five-year voyage on established him as an eminent geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell's uniformitarian ideas, and publication of his journal of the voyage made him famous as a popular author.
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Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species"
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Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species"
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Charles Robert Darwin, (; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist,
naturalist, geologist and biologist
Charles Robert Darwin, (; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist
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Darwin's early interest in nature
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Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh
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Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education
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 in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
 in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace
that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection
his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection
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natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.
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the University of Edinburgh; instead, he helped to investigate marine invertebrates. Studies at the University of Cambridge
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the University of Edinburgh; instead, he helped to investigate marine invertebrates. Studies at the University of Cambridge
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Darwin's early interest in nature led him to neglect his medical education at the University of Edinburgh
marine invertebrates
he helped to investigate marine invertebrates
University of Cambridge
Studies at the University of Cambridge
natural science
Studies at the University of Cambridge (Christ's College) encouraged his passion for natural science
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that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution
modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution
19 April 1882
12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882