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5 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Darwin, o naturalista inglês célebre pela obra A Origem das Espécies, em que descreveu em detalhes a Teoria da Evolução, passou pelo Brasil por duas ocasiões, em 1832 e 1836.
19 de jun. de 2024 · The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by British explorer and natural scientist Francis Galton, who, influenced by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, advocated a system that would allow “the more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable.”
- Eugenics is the selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans. The term e...
- Eugenics was supported by many scientific authorities and political leaders by the time of World War I. However, it ultimately failed as a science...
- The American eugenics movement gave rise to laws that mandated the sterilization of—by some estimates—as many as 60,000 disabled people in more tha...
14 de jun. de 2024 · Survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing. The term was later used in economics, political theory, and eugenics.
Há 2 dias · The biogeographical patterns Charles Darwin observed in places such as the Galápagos Islands during the second voyage of HMS Beagle caused him to doubt the fixity of species, and in 1837 Darwin started the first of a series of secret notebooks on transmutation.
Há 2 dias · On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. It was published on 24 November 1859.
- Charles Darwin
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3 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Darwin. The founder of the modern theory of evolution was Charles Darwin. The son and grandson of physicians, he enrolled as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh. After two years, however, he left to study at the University of Cambridge and prepare to become a clergyman.
Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin and who, for most of his career, was identified with the eugenics movement, became a leading figure in the development of using fingerprints to identify individuals.
