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The Turning Point- Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Title: The Turning Point- Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Category: Science & Technology / Biology
Details: Words: 299 | Pages: 1.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Turning Point- Darwin's Theory of Evolution
In 1835, a scientist by the name of Charles R. Darwin traveled on a trip around the world, for the purpose of collecting scientific data. While in the Galapagos Islands, a group of small islands south of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, Darwin found differences in the biology of each small island. Darwin theorized that the animals on each island, although originating from the same animal, had developed physical changes to adapt to the changes in …showed first 75 words of 299 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 299 total…wasn't fact. Many states banned Darwin's theory from being taught. This led to a court case in 1945 where a teacher in Tennessee taught Darwin's theory of evolution, and was found guilty. Awhile after this the laws were reversed, and teaching evolution became part of the school curriculum. Had it not been for Charles Darwin, evolution wouldn't be taught today in science, and the Bible would not be presented in schools as only a literary work.
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