Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities

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Time Line 1654 Bishop James Ussher calculates that the Earth was created on October 23 4004 B C 1735 Linnaeus devises the system for classifying all types of animals that is still used to this day 1798 Thomas Malthus writes his Essay on the Principle of Population 1809 Charles Darwin is born in Shrewsbury England 1825 Darwin is taken out of school due to poor perfor mance and sent to Edinburgh to study medicine 1827 Darwin quits medical school and transfers to Cam bridge where he studies to become a clergyman 1831 Darwin begins an around the world voyage on the HMS Beagle 1832 Darwin explores the jungles of Brazil and the coast of Argentina collecting thousands of plants ani mals and fossils 1835 The Beagle visits the Galapagos Islands 1836 The Beagle arrives back in England after nearly five years at sea 1838 Darwin begins a secret notebook all about evolu tion or the transmutation of species as he called it Darwin reads Malthus's Essay on the Princi ple of Population and formulates the theory of nat ural selection 1839 Darwin marries his cousin Emma Wedgwood Dar win's first book about his voyage on the Beagle is published