EVOLUTION
MODERN THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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HMS Poodle
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HMS Labrador
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HMS Beagle
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HMS Terrier
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Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Darwin set sail on the ship HMS Beagle on December 27, 1831, from Plymouth, England.
Detailed explanation-2: -Admiral John Lort Stokes was a naval officer who travelled on HMS Beagle for almost 18 years. On the second voyage of the Beagle, he was the assistant surveyor and he shared a cabin with Charles Darwin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beagle, after a dog breed. The most notable of these ships is the second HMS Beagle, 1820–1870, which transported Charles Darwin around the world in the voyage of Beagle.
Detailed explanation-4: -A voyage of discovery The Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands on 15 September 1835, nearly four years after setting off from Plymouth, England. The visit to the Galapagos would prove the starting point from which Darwin would develop his theories on evolution and secure his enduring fame.
Detailed explanation-5: -HMS Beagle was the ship in which the naturalist, Charles Darwin, sailed around the world from 26 December 1831 to 27 February 1832. The rich variety of animal and plant species that Darwin saw on the voyage on the Beagle led him to develop his theory of ‘evolution by natural selection’.