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Where did Darwin study?

He studied at the University of Cambridge

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Why did he go on an expedition? 

He was invited 

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What did Darwin bring from his trips? 

he brought back specimens and fossils
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What ship did Darwin take on his first voyage?

HMS Beagle

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Where did he travel during his expedition? 

He travelled several continents. He went to South America and the Galapagos Islands

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Who helped him make his theory public?

Wallace did, since he had come up with the same theory. 

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What is evolution? 

the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

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How old was he when he left on his first expedition? 

He was twenty.

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Where did he study Giant tortoises? 

He found them on the Galapagos Islands

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Why did Darwin refrain from publishing his works? 

He feared his ideas might cause some stir = shake the society of the time

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What is natural selection? 

the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

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Why did Darwin panic in 1858? 

He reveived a letter from a man who had reached the same conclusions as him.