ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anth 1001
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His uncle wrote to his father that the pursuit of natural history is not professional, but for clergymen. Darwin pursued his interest in natural history anyways. He was offered to be a naturalist on a ship. They navigated the seas and darwin would collect samples at their stops. He made important observations on the galapagos islands. In some of his observations, he observed 13 species of the bird finch with each differing from each other. Some would have a short beak, longer beak, and the birds looked different based on their flight distances. One assumption of biologists is that if you compared two similar islands, god would have put the same type of animals on both. His wife was afraid he would be branded a religious heretic. He was impressed that species could be changed remarkably. Through artificial selection, characteristics could be changed quickly over generations.
