ANTH 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thomas Robert Malthus, Beagle, Demography
13 Jun 2016
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Charles darwin returned to england in 1836 as a minor celebrity (in a relative sense). People in intellectual circles knew his name. The vast minority of specimens/canisters of rocks/birds/insects had been shipped back to henslow. Charles moved to london immediately; he worked his way into the scientific community. He was introduced to lyell through henslow. Lyell we impressed by him; encouraged him to publish in front of royal. He had lots of time on his hands. He studied barnacles for 8 years and wrote four books on them. He collected a lot on the beagle journey. Perhaps because they were biologically a very diverse sea animal, and reminded him of beetles. He compiled information on his own theory of transmutation/evolution. He was majorly influenced by thomas malthus. He argued that a society"s capacity to reproduce will always exceed the environment"s capacity to support such growth. These ideas could apply to the problematic species groups darwin was studying.
