The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

pt. 1. Introduction: Development of the theory of evolution. Sources of evolutionary ideas in the late eighteenth century ; Evolutionary and antievolutionary currents in early nineteenth-century ...

1. Origins and the Greeks / Jeremy Kirby -- 2. Evolution before Darwin / Michael Ruse -- 3. Charles Darwin's geology : the root of his philosophy of the earth / David Norman -- 4. Looking back with ...

A caricature of Darwin from a German satirical magazine, Kladderadatsch published in 1925, showing the American anti-evolutionist William Jennings Bryan getting to heaven and shocked to see St Peter ...

In North America, Darwin events are scheduled in Chicago, Houston and Denver, among many other places. Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History established an "Evolution Trail" that highlights ...

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed ...

Trying to understand human behavior (a basic feature of our species, shaped by natural selection) without understanding evolutionary principles would be like trying to understand the details of a car ...

Charles Darwin quote of the day is gaining fresh attention in 2026 as millions struggle with burnout, stress, screen ...

"Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history," Darwin (c.1880) said of a future in which his hard-won findings would be tested. Bettmann / Corbis Charles Darwin was just 28 years old ...