Charles Darwin's Introduction
‘Natural Selection and Sexual Selection’ in The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin About the Author: Charles Robert Darwin, FRS FRGS FLS FZS (born February 12, 1809, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent), was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, famous for his contributions to the theory of evolution by natural selection. The English naturalist’s scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science Summary of the Introduction of ‘Natural Selection and Sexual Selection’ in The Descent of Man Charles Darwin observed the distribution of the inhabitants of South America to scrutinize the geographical relations of the past and present inhabitants of the continent. To study the origin of those species, he accumulated da