Question

How did Darwin’s time as the HMS Beagle’s naturalist lead to his theory of Evolution?

He was inspired by the ways in which animals adapted to their various habitats.
He observed significant differences between similar animals from island to island.
He was able to combine his personal observations with scientific evidence from the fossil record.
All of these choices are correct.

Answer 1

Darwin’s time as the HMS Beagle’s naturalist lead to his theory of Evolution by all of the above given statements.

Answer: Option D

Step-by-step explanation:

During the voyage of Beagle’s Darwin was a naturalist. He observes many plants, animals, collect specimens of animals, plants, fossils. During the voyage he visited place like Galapagos, Callao-lima, Bahia, Rio-de Jeneiro, Montevideo, Falkland Islands, Cape Town, Cocos Island, and Hobart etc.

During this journey he observes the tropical rain-forest where new inhabitants (plants and animals) are found having different behavior. He also dug some fossils and compares them animal in earth surface and he found they are alike and their structure changes over certain time. After analyzing all these fact, he proposed ‘Theory of Evolution'.