The Victorian Age

Charles Darwin

Raffaele Nardella

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Voyage round the World 1831 – 1836 Finches of the Galapagos Islands

Eating Habits Influence of Linnaeus, Lamarck, Malthus

Raffaele Nardella

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“The Origin of Species” 1859

Not immutable biological types

Life as struggle for survival

Natural selection

Enormous span of time

Genetic mutations at random

Raffaele Nardella

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“The Descent of Man” 1871

Man and Apes same progenitorMan away from the centre of Creation

Freud – Copernicus - Darwin

Raffaele Nardella

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