Darwin was a British naturalist who was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England and died on April 19, 1882. This man became famous for his biological studies being the most recognized discovery of the origin of species.
In 1831, at the age of 22, Darwin began his long journey around the world aboard the Beagle. The reason for this trip was an exploration of the different continents and the study of the life that inhabited these places.
After traveling many areas, finally the 23 of July of 1834 the expedition arrives at Chile where its studies focused mainly in the Mountain range of the Andes.
In 1859 he published a work called "Origin of the Species" where he affirms that the present life descends of a common ancestor and by natural selection evolved to the organism that is today. Natural selection is a process in which a species adapts to its environment, the best adapted individuals have a high survival rate and their genetic characteristics go from generation to generation.
Darwin is thus related to forestry engineering because his theory of the origin of the species explains how the trees have evolved to adapt to their surroundings, as well as to help in the realization of the taxonomic trees that group the species according to their genetic similarities.
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It's great that he have traveled all over the world knowing the various things that exist, above Darwin!
ResponderBorrarWow he really did a lot for us about forestry, he was a great person indeed
ResponderBorrarThe story says that Darwin had lunch with Bernardo O'Higgins when Darwin was in Chile ;)
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