Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science.
Charles Darwin Quotes
Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
—Charles Darwin
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
—Charles Darwin
The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason
—Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science
—Charles Darwin
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.
—Charles Darwin