Charles Darwin was born in:
Correct answer: B. Shrewsbury in western England
- A. Cantbury in western England
- B. Shrewsbury in western England
- C. Cantbury in eastern England
- D. Shrewsbury in eastern England
Explanation
Charles Darwin was born in 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, a doctor, had high hopes that his son would earn a medical degree at Edinburgh University in Scotland, where he enrolled at the age of sixteen.
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Evolution describes heritable change in populations over generations through variation, natural selection and adaptation. Lamarckism explains inheritance of acquired characteristics, while Darwinism explains selection of favourable inherited variations; these historical explanations must not be confused with the modern genetic account of evolutionary change.
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