The evolution theory

What is it?

The theory that considers human beings a result of a process of change and transformation.  This has lasted million of years.  It was proposed by British naturalist Charles Darwin.

Charles Darwin	Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
	He studied medicine in Edinburgh (Scotland), but gave it up.  He researched the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific from 1831 to 1836.  The boat he travelled in was called “The Beagle”.  When he finished his work, he wrote a book.  This book is called “On the Origin of Species”.  Darwin presents the theory of evolution in the aforementioned book.

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Evolution

The ideas of Darwin have been applied to man, therefore, he has been the resulto of an envolutionary process.  Chimpanzees, gorillas, and man have a common ancestry.

The evolutionary tree

Juan Luis Arsuaga The specialists that study evolution are called paleontologists.  One of them is Juan Luis Arsuaga.

Juan Luis Arsuaga

He was born in 1954.  He is a professor at the University of Madrid.  He is directing the excavation of Atapuerca (Burgos).  This site is very important because there Arsuaga and his co-workers work in the study of the evolution of man.  He has written many interesting books, like “My First Book on Prehistory. When the World was a Child”

The evolution of man

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