As a chilean i’m super happy our country features “relevantly” in Darwin’s investigations, and in turn, he had a huge impact on our country’s knowledge of our endemic species. While passing through Chile, he was able to identify and study a ton species that were previously unknown to us. A lot of foxes and frogs are named after Charles Darwin here, because he did field research that no one else at the time had done in a country as small and irrelevant as ours. Sorry i’m rambling. I’m just always happy when Chile gets mentioned somewhere, Maybe you could consider doing an extra history series about Chile?
Latin America shouldn't have to wait for European scientists to come and do research in our region. We already had institutions in the 1830s to educate scientists some of which did a very important job in the fields of biology and mineralogy.
@@FOLIPE yeah, but to be fair, we had to bring european scientist as teachers and investigators in the beginning. Most of Chile's flora and fauna was cataloged by contracted european scientists. Like Ignacio Domeyko and Claude Gay. Darwin wasn't contracted to Chile but it was the same.
While it may be true that Darwin had certain racist opinions, we must also remember that the time that Darwin lived in was horribly, terribly racist. He was known to be sensitive towards others' viewpoints, and living in a certain place at a certain time can instill within someone a certain way of thinking. He was sympathetic to other opinions, and so his own works were colored by this. Despite this, there is no denying the fact that he was more accepting and open to other races. The only thing that may have stunted his sympathies towards these other races was because of the times that he lived in, where it is hard to go against the grain and not be even a little bit swayed. My only problem with the accusation that Darwin was blatantly racist was that the main people who seem to claim that Darwin was a major racist are Creationists, who usually have their world views clouded by the religion they practice.
@@bauhausa6933 ok so basicily in a video by a user named oversimplafyed made a video about hitler befoer he was well hitler and his father constontly beat him for making mastakes and oversimplaphed used the phares "and his father punished him suverly
Can we please get an extra history on Alexander von Humboldt? He was a massive influence to Charles Darwin and even had a connection to Simon Bolivar. Alexander von Humboldt deserves much more recognition then he receives in our understanding of the natural world.
I'd love to see a whole series on the history of evolutionary theory and classification, starting with Carolus Linnaeus and ending with modern phylogeny-based cladistics.
Darwin, clearing his throat and getting closer to the mic: racism is bad my dudes Crowd gasps in shock, someone faints, some boo him, crying can be heard Darwin: I said what I said
Weeeeeeeeeell... no. He was ahead of his time, but still would be consider kind of a racist these days. He thought of the native indigenous people of South America as brutes with no culture
@@triccele it just said that in his day everyone thought there were different species of humans but as he met people he realized that was totally wrong and printed a book on that. That whatever we might look like we are all the same people
@@triccele Ya you kinda have to grade historical figures on a bell curve when it comes to their progressiveness. Like Lincoln ended slavery in the US! But initially wanted to just ship the ex slaves all back to Africa since he thought the races would never be able to live in harmony until Fredrick Douglass talked some sense into him. Not that this should give them a free pass or anything, allot of their views where still backwards as hell, but for a time in human history when slavery was still a thing and people honestly thought 'the races' where all ACTUALLY different races... Being as progressive as Darwin was something at least commendable. It might not be gold star worthy by today's standers, but remembering that influential figures like Darwin were pushing for MORE and not LESS acceptance and understanding of marginalized people is important. It is a reminder to the people of today that while, "Back in the day" people might have had less forward thinking views then they do today, using that to argue that, "We have gone too far" is silly. IF born today guys like Darwin likely would be leaning heavily progressive in their views since at the time, that is exactly what they were doing. Its a common trick used by regressives to either argue that figures held up as forward thinking were either actually just terrible people because they believed in things we know understand to be terrible and thus cannot be trusted in ANY way or to argue that these figures would not agree with modern progressives since their views are more inline with modern regressives. This ignores the fact that things change, framing it so that the people pushing for a better tomorrow in the past are some how invalidated in the good they did just because at the time that was much, MUCH less then we would expect today with hundreds of years of progress to give us hindsight. It also frames the actions of these people as somehow limited to basically just what they did in their own lifetime, as if allowed to go on living and working up to the present, they would have stopped basically at most 10-20 years after where they died and then vehemently argued that THAT was all they ever wanted and anyone going beyond that point is a fool ruining all their good work. So... Ya its good to remember that these people had faults and should not be held up as flawless people who where right on EVERYTHING, even the bad stuff. HOWEVER their bad takes where also in large part a product of the time they lived in and its a bit unfair to argue their just straight up regressive people who would definitely hate all the progress we have made in the time since then since in all likelihood, if given the time to grow and change with the times, they actually might well have welcomed the progress we have made with open arms. And if nothing else, we should take the positive message that decency and empathy, even if not living up to our modern standers, still informed the world views of some of the grate figures of history and THAT is something we can take away with us in our own lives. Being kind and understanding is not a weakness and its not a trait that takes away your ability to help change the world for the better. Also... Like Darwin, be prepared to have people in a few hundred years shake their heads at how backwards and kinda racist we all are now, even the best of us. That's not a bad thing, it just means the world will keep getting better... Hopefully.
I’m a huge fan of biology and I love that we chose to cover Darwin, he’s a personal hero of mine. Especially that he managed to make a career for himself doing what he loves.
This show has always about teaching about just how interesting all of the niche little subject really are, even if they aren't important to an overall education, because its important to keep on learning no matter what, as there have been billions of people with billions of unbelievable stories that might just come in handy for you one day.
Darwin actually did believe in God, and at his most non believer point, considered himself most as agnostic. He saw evolution and adaptation as God working his way through the laws of nature
this is a myth started by some priest who claimed he accepted god in his final moments this was falsified by darwins sister he never became anything besides an agnostic
I don’t know if this is true, but I have heard that later in life he was less convinced of this theory based on the principle that if man was simply a monkey that had evolved, mankind could never be more than a beast. This did not make sense when man’s natural instinct is to create civilization, which is partly defined as an individuals choosing not to live by their more base inclinations and emotions. This is the opposite of how even the most social animals function.
I was momentarily confused because I thought you had to study biology to become a doctor but I guess they classify human biology and animal biology separately?
*Asian* I know for a fact that almost every Chinese parent wants their children to be doctors. I want to be an entomologist, but my parents say no, you should be a doctor.
I recently took a class on Darwin's books and his life. One of my favorite facts from that class is precisely how he became a famous and respected naturalist while on that trip. First and most obviously he published his travelogue detailing the trip, which was a huge hit among the naturalist community. Second and far more interestingly, he shipped out tons of specimens. He literally just mailed dead animals to prominent citizen scientists with 'Hey, thought you'd like this.' The man was a housecat giving 'gifts' of dead birds and beetles. And apparently his crates and crates of specimens that he shipped back to Britain were actually one of the larger expenses of the entire expedition.
He met up with the Brazilian emperor himself and was a great influence to Pedro II, who was an avid investor in the scientific arts. Also the man who liberated the slaves in Brazil at the cost of his own kingship. I think his is a story worth telling
Please make this a full series. I love Darwin and his ideas. His theories rocked the scientific community and religious institutions as well. He went to some of the most biologically diverse places on the planet and there’s also the fact that Darwin was almost beaten to the touch to prove evolution.
I recommend reading "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin's book about this journey, if you are intrigued by this video. It's a beautiful book in its own right, all about a young man's quest to navigate his way through the world while on a marvelous adventure, and Darwin's awe and passion at discovering the hidden wonders of life ooze from its pages, as does his sense for justice and insatiable drive to acquire knowledge.
Worth noting that it wasn't just the crew of the Beagle eating the tortoises. Darwin is known to have been very fond of them himself, as well as very experimental in tasting many other animals. I can't remember which club it was, but he was part of a club that specifically sought out unusual animals to eat in the spirit of scientific discovery.
Fun Fact: The Apollo 10 Lunar Lander was named Snoopy(It's command Module was named Charlie Brown). It's also the only Lunar Lander with the Ascent stage(the upper part) still floating around in space right now.
Maluha78 Wedgewood is also credited as one of the most prominent figures of the british abolishonist movement, which also explains Darwin's disposition
I remember the days when this channel was just about extras needed for programming. Not that i'm complaining.. love these history and mythology series.
In 1831, in his twenties and fresh out of university, Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle on the expedition of a lifetime, into literally uncharted waters and a series of discoveries that would form the basis of his later pioneering work on the origin of species
I will use this in my Advanced Placement Biology classes as an introduction to our unit on Darwinian Evolution. This is wonderful and your videos are brilliant. I have been a teacher for 21 years and have never seen a more perfect way to introduce Darwin; as a life long learner who took a chance and followed his passion. Good on you, mate.
The captain of the voyage, Roy Fitroy had a pretty remarkable career in science (not so much in politics!). Fitzroy was in charge of the British meterological service and produced the first ever weather reports which were posted in the newspapers. The pressure from his critics drove him to suicide, which is such a sad end for a man who did so much to advance science for the good of all of us. It is interesting to see he was also involved in establishing scientists as paid workers.
7:35 It wasn't exactly the crew who turned the tortoises into soup.. Darwin was rather notorious for eating a wide variety of animals during his voyage and was even a member of the Glutton Club during his time at Cambridge, a club dedicated to eating the most exotic animals to discover their tastes. So Darwin's expedition was as much a culinary one as it was a scientific for him. If I remember correctly, Darwin himself has eaten more tortoises of certain species than currently are alive today. www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/08/12/430075644/dining-like-darwin-when-scientists-swallow-their-subjects
Ah, so THAT'S what the Pirates! An Adventure with Scientists was about in its third act. Though there, Darwin was attempting to stop the aristocrats from eating rare species.
I really enjoyed this episode ! It made me discover and later appreciate Charles Darwin not only as an immense scientist but also a man with strong convictions and will which pushed him toward a level of success like no one before. Good job!
Darwin made a stop at my hometown and there's still a plaque commemorating the occasion at the restaurant that occupies the pier where the Beagle docked.
It's really ironic that Darwin, a guy who found an HMS Beagle-load of evidence that all are born equal, who later see his work corrupted into Social Darwinism. We're studying it in my U.S. History class, and it is honestly ticking me off. It's like people were looking for reasons to be racist.
Matt Krol - You have a fantastic voice for this. At the recommendation of a coworker, I have been checking this channel out , and frankly, I'm hooked. As a lover of history for over 50 years, I very much like the topics and the presentation. After I have viewed them all, I will come up with suggestions, but until then, keep up the excellent and entertaining work.
this is going to be good despite that everyone like to talk about Darwin's theories no one really likes to talk about the man himself even though he lived an interesting life looking forward to seeing more next time!
Brilliant video! Darwin's always been a hero of mine, and this was fantastic. I'm a little disappointed there was no mention of his Grandfather Erasmus Darwin, who was a scholar of renown, convinced Charles' father that the Beagle trip was a good idea and was a generally looney science type as well. Maybe a bonus video about him, and the 'Lunar Men' that he was a member of ? Also no mention of Charles' membership and leadership of the Glutton Club at Cambridge? Where he and his friends found interesting and unique animals, and ate them? Or mention of his hunting, shooting and fishing background? He was an ace shot, and impressed the Beagles crew with his ability to down game for the ships consumption? Really looking forward to the rest of the videos! Just don't forget the bumblebees, or the sandwalk.
Love this! In the future when writing sciencey episodes, you may want to brush up the difference between a hypothesis and a theory. The word theory is used a little liberally here. Evolution by natural selection is a theory now, but at the time of Darwin's Beagle expedition, he was constructing hypotheses, not theories. Sorry to nitpick, but as someone into science communication that distinction can be really important.
If there is a part two, I would love to see Wallace included in it! He was a naturalist who ended up developing an almost identical theory to Darwin, just a number of years later. Wallace had no idea that Darwin had the same thoughts, and ended up sending Darwin his notes asking what he thought.
Hey, I have an Extra Credits Mythology suggestion: Have you ever heard of the Babylonian myth: Apsu and Tiamat the Creators? It's about how all the Babylonian Gods were given birth by two different types of ocean.
6:38 This makes it even more ironic that what's basically Malthusian economics + eugenics is called Social Darwinism. Not only is it a misrepresentation of Darwin's theories and a product of the fallacy of prescribing intention to the fact that if something can copy itself it will continue to exist, but something that Darwin himself would disagree with.
If you guys enjoy this concept, there is a book called Polaris that takes place in this time period and has lots of action during a trip to "explore the unknown".
I would like a part 2, a more in detail explenarion of what he did change in the Europe of back then, what doctrine had to be abolished and what new things sprang up from their ashes
One of his important stops was in the area surrounding Punta Alta and Bahía Blanca. In fact Bahía Blanca has streets named after Darwin and Captain Fitz Roy.
Because your brief history about how pigs were used during Spanish colonialism introduced me to TierZoo, it's now very hard for me not to see Darwin as anything but the original dataminer.
One thing often overlooked is that the HMS Beagle and Darwin himself participated in the events leading to the establishment of the modern Argentina and secured British ownership of the Falkland Islands.
As a Christian, Evolution is my favorite part of Science. I never understood how people could think that this awesome discovery could somehow also undermine all Religion.
Charles Darwin is definitely my Biology role model. When he was younger he liked bugs especially beetles, just like me. 😊😅 Edit : plus , I'd have to thank him for the idea of evolution or Pokémon wouldn't have existed, just like you said in the comments.
You could learn more in your high school anatomy class than the whole field of medicine knew in 1830. So you effectively did sign up for medical at sixteen, 1830's style.
As a student studying paleaobiology I'm so happy you guys are doing charles darwin. Could you also do wallace he independently also formulated the theory of natural selection.
I've also heard he was one of the forerunners in proving that inbreeding causes genetic deformities. He had a case study in his own house as his wife was his cousin and most of their children were weak and sickly or died early.
In truth, it isnt inbreeding that heightens genetic deformities, it is excessive inbreeding. You are fine if you are the only person in generations to marry your cousin, but if pervious generations were also cousins then great problems arise
Make a short video about The Christie Crisis, and a series about The Paraguay war May i add: With "Christie crisis" i meant a period of tension between the empire of Brazil and the UK around 1800.
Little addition: Darwin most enthusiastic hobby on the trip, to taste every animal he could. He was the one realizing that the taste of the turtles are varied based on which islande they lived on.
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Also without Darwin we wouldn't have Pokemon and honestly isn't that the most significant of his contributions? Absolutely.
Is Zoey a Pokemon? Must be a Dark Type.
Awsome!!!
Paleontology is better than Pokémon...
Lol
Wait what
As A geologist I can say that during geology fieldtrips alcohol consumption is high enough to count as a "party"
As just having my first second-year trip I can attest to this
Wtf I love geology now
So that's what geologists do while studying geometry? Hold on I am going to major in geography.
Everytime someone says they're a geologist, i instantly think of randy marsh from south park
Brings a whole new meaning to "rock music"
As a chilean i’m super happy our country features “relevantly” in Darwin’s investigations, and in turn, he had a huge impact on our country’s knowledge of our endemic species. While passing through Chile, he was able to identify and study a ton species that were previously unknown to us. A lot of foxes and frogs are named after Charles Darwin here, because he did field research that no one else at the time had done in a country as small and irrelevant as ours.
Sorry i’m rambling. I’m just always happy when Chile gets mentioned somewhere,
Maybe you could consider doing an extra history series about Chile?
Do the Inca counts in?
Simon Bolivar series
@@nkl7345 well yes, but actually no - Bolivar is of northen South America - Colombia, Venezuela, Equador, Peru.
Latin America shouldn't have to wait for European scientists to come and do research in our region. We already had institutions in the 1830s to educate scientists some of which did a very important job in the fields of biology and mineralogy.
@@FOLIPE yeah, but to be fair, we had to bring european scientist as teachers and investigators in the beginning. Most of Chile's flora and fauna was cataloged by contracted european scientists. Like Ignacio Domeyko and Claude Gay. Darwin wasn't contracted to Chile but it was the same.
Pretty uplifting to know that Darwin was such a nice person considering the time he lived in.
Not gonna lie, I got real worried when the subject of slaves and natives of the lands he visited. Usually tales like this end much differently 0_0
Charles was awesome in every virtue.
While it may be true that Darwin had certain racist opinions, we must also remember that the time that Darwin lived in was horribly, terribly racist. He was known to be sensitive towards others' viewpoints, and living in a certain place at a certain time can instill within someone a certain way of thinking. He was sympathetic to other opinions, and so his own works were colored by this. Despite this, there is no denying the fact that he was more accepting and open to other races. The only thing that may have stunted his sympathies towards these other races was because of the times that he lived in, where it is hard to go against the grain and not be even a little bit swayed. My only problem with the accusation that Darwin was blatantly racist was that the main people who seem to claim that Darwin was a major racist are Creationists, who usually have their world views clouded by the religion they practice.
@@charlie15627 Which book did he say that in? Because I've read just about all of them, and I don't recall anything like that at any point.
@@charlie15627 wait which book?
Young Charles Darwin dropped out of medical school in order to study his real passions.
This angered his father, who punished him severly.
Ah its funny because i get the refence
@@cookingwithgrad7105 please explain
@@bauhausa6933 the channel oversimplified look for his video about hitler
@@bauhausa6933 ok so basicily in a video by a user named oversimplafyed made a video about hitler befoer he was well hitler and his father constontly beat him for making mastakes and oversimplaphed used the phares "and his father punished him suverly
@@bauhausa6933 It's a reference to OverSimplified
Actually Animals all came from Yimir’s dead body after Odin killed him
Njord
Dont forget about his brothers
No its Walpole
Obv.
I was expecting a creationist comment here. What I didn't expect was it would be about Norse gods
Yeah! Give Vili and Ve some love
"Voyage of the Beagle"
I was expecting Snoopy The World War I Flying Ace.
OMG YES!
That bloody Red Baron!
*Plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" on the piano*
Who says Snoopy didn't pilot the ship 😉
@@robertwalpole360 Ah Walpole, a good taste in music I see. Let it play old boy, let it play.
Can we please get an extra history on Alexander von Humboldt? He was a massive influence to Charles Darwin and even had a connection to Simon Bolivar.
Alexander von Humboldt deserves much more recognition then he receives in our understanding of the natural world.
YES!!!!!! OML Humboldt NEEDS to be brought back into the public eye!!!!! Do this EC!
They have a Patreon were ideas like this can be submitted towards future episodes.
Also Napoleon was a bit jealous of him (which is hilarious).
Wait... Did Zoey pull this same trick on you twice!?
At least 3 times now.
@@jannegrey Whoops, looks like I've missed some content... I must rectify that immediately! Thanks for the heads up.
Zoey: Matt, I've come to bargain.
Zoey is a conniving little kitty. Nothing can stop her in her quest for treats
I suspect they have a new intro, and Zoey's tricksterism is a part of it.
Can I say Darwin's sideburns are evolutionary?
More like revolutionary
Ask wolverine
No.
Because that was a fashionable (facial) hair style of the day.
@@RighteousJ They evolved from a clean-shaven ancestor.
I'd love to see a whole series on the history of evolutionary theory and classification, starting with Carolus Linnaeus and ending with modern phylogeny-based cladistics.
Darwin, clearing his throat and getting closer to the mic: racism is bad my dudes
Crowd gasps in shock, someone faints, some boo him, crying can be heard
Darwin: I said what I said
Weeeeeeeeeell... no. He was ahead of his time, but still would be consider kind of a racist these days. He thought of the native indigenous people of South America as brutes with no culture
Eugenicists decades later: *use Darwin's theories to justify their efforts*
Darwin's ghost: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
@@triccele maybe xenophobic but not racist. Primitive cultures are usuwaly more brutal than urban societies. Culture =/= race
@@triccele it just said that in his day everyone thought there were different species of humans but as he met people he realized that was totally wrong and printed a book on that. That whatever we might look like we are all the same people
@@triccele Ya you kinda have to grade historical figures on a bell curve when it comes to their progressiveness. Like Lincoln ended slavery in the US! But initially wanted to just ship the ex slaves all back to Africa since he thought the races would never be able to live in harmony until Fredrick Douglass talked some sense into him.
Not that this should give them a free pass or anything, allot of their views where still backwards as hell, but for a time in human history when slavery was still a thing and people honestly thought 'the races' where all ACTUALLY different races... Being as progressive as Darwin was something at least commendable. It might not be gold star worthy by today's standers, but remembering that influential figures like Darwin were pushing for MORE and not LESS acceptance and understanding of marginalized people is important. It is a reminder to the people of today that while, "Back in the day" people might have had less forward thinking views then they do today, using that to argue that, "We have gone too far" is silly. IF born today guys like Darwin likely would be leaning heavily progressive in their views since at the time, that is exactly what they were doing.
Its a common trick used by regressives to either argue that figures held up as forward thinking were either actually just terrible people because they believed in things we know understand to be terrible and thus cannot be trusted in ANY way or to argue that these figures would not agree with modern progressives since their views are more inline with modern regressives. This ignores the fact that things change, framing it so that the people pushing for a better tomorrow in the past are some how invalidated in the good they did just because at the time that was much, MUCH less then we would expect today with hundreds of years of progress to give us hindsight. It also frames the actions of these people as somehow limited to basically just what they did in their own lifetime, as if allowed to go on living and working up to the present, they would have stopped basically at most 10-20 years after where they died and then vehemently argued that THAT was all they ever wanted and anyone going beyond that point is a fool ruining all their good work.
So... Ya its good to remember that these people had faults and should not be held up as flawless people who where right on EVERYTHING, even the bad stuff. HOWEVER their bad takes where also in large part a product of the time they lived in and its a bit unfair to argue their just straight up regressive people who would definitely hate all the progress we have made in the time since then since in all likelihood, if given the time to grow and change with the times, they actually might well have welcomed the progress we have made with open arms. And if nothing else, we should take the positive message that decency and empathy, even if not living up to our modern standers, still informed the world views of some of the grate figures of history and THAT is something we can take away with us in our own lives. Being kind and understanding is not a weakness and its not a trait that takes away your ability to help change the world for the better.
Also... Like Darwin, be prepared to have people in a few hundred years shake their heads at how backwards and kinda racist we all are now, even the best of us. That's not a bad thing, it just means the world will keep getting better... Hopefully.
Truly, the knowledge we see today is only possible by standing on the shoulders of giants. Charles Darwin is one of them.
I’m a huge fan of biology and I love that we chose to cover Darwin, he’s a personal hero of mine. Especially that he managed to make a career for himself doing what he loves.
This taught me more than my middle school bio class about Charles darwin.
Which is good. In bio class you should be learning about how evolution works, not the history of the man who discovered it.
This show has always about teaching about just how interesting all of the niche little subject really are, even if they aren't important to an overall education, because its important to keep on learning no matter what, as there have been billions of people with billions of unbelievable stories that might just come in handy for you one day.
“...doesn’t notice his own seasickness as he pores over his notes”
This episode written by someone who’s never had to deal with motion sickness.
Doesn't it come in different strengths? And don't some people adapt, some slower, some faster while some never get used to it?
This comment written by someone who's never possessed the mind, focus, and dedication of a man like Charles Darwin.
I felt empathy queasy just from the description, I know what reading in a car is like, I wouldn’t want to know what a boat is like
@@TNamers it baaaaaaaad 🤮
@@TNamers Airplanes for me. Doesn't notice as he pores over his notes? He was laying in bed or leaning over the side unable to think of anything else!
He looks like me when I used to skip math class
He later wrote that he regretted doing so, and that those who had a more profound understanding of mathematics seemed to have "an extra sense"
Miguel Montenegro a leprechaun ?
No, he did not look dumb
@@maxwellsequation4887 Playing football was more interesting than math. What can I do
@@thenewdarkmatter It's true. But some people simply cannot learn certain subjects without going crazy
I would send Zoey treats!! Awsome cat
I can send Zoey; drumroll please...
!!!STEAK!!!
XD XD Just kidding..
She would be a treat to have, delicious.
Pawsome.
manny022 - My kitty LOVES Greenies. And they’re good for her, win-win!
Darwin actually did believe in God, and at his most non believer point, considered himself most as agnostic. He saw evolution and adaptation as God working his way through the laws of nature
That makes sense, I guess I can use this explanation as a catholic
this is a myth started by some priest who claimed he accepted god in his final moments this was falsified by darwins sister he never became anything besides an agnostic
I don’t know if this is true, but I have heard that later in life he was less convinced of this theory based on the principle that if man was simply a monkey that had evolved, mankind could never be more than a beast. This did not make sense when man’s natural instinct is to create civilization, which is partly defined as an individuals choosing not to live by their more base inclinations and emotions. This is the opposite of how even the most social animals function.
They say every diplomat believes in God, specifically yours.
"If you can send Zoey treats... hey, hey! Did you change the way card?"
Zoey: meow! (It was Walpole!)
Darwin is such an important figure, and I am really glad you're covering this
Darwin basically had an Indian father.
"Dad I want to study biology!"
"No! You'll be a doctor!"
*Asian
I was momentarily confused because I thought you had to study biology to become a doctor but I guess they classify human biology and animal biology separately?
@@CuleChick11 I n t r e s t i n g.
@@CuleChick11 To be a doctor you would study anatomy and medicine, not biology. There's some overlap, but they're different fields.
*Asian* I know for a fact that almost every Chinese parent wants their children to be doctors. I want to be an entomologist, but my parents say no, you should be a doctor.
Oh Zoey, what a mischievous cat
Delicious.
Learning about the history of science is always vital - but it's not taught anywhere near enough in schools. Good work, EH - as always!!
I recently took a class on Darwin's books and his life. One of my favorite facts from that class is precisely how he became a famous and respected naturalist while on that trip. First and most obviously he published his travelogue detailing the trip, which was a huge hit among the naturalist community. Second and far more interestingly, he shipped out tons of specimens. He literally just mailed dead animals to prominent citizen scientists with 'Hey, thought you'd like this.' The man was a housecat giving 'gifts' of dead birds and beetles. And apparently his crates and crates of specimens that he shipped back to Britain were actually one of the larger expenses of the entire expedition.
brilliant!
A truly brilliant mind who made an incalculable contribution to science
"incalculable"?
And Pokemon
Just as we’re learning about darwin in school! Perfect timing!
Nice
PM 3736 the netherlands.
Me too. He isn't the focus, though.
In America they credit him at the start and then teach us his theorys and such
Darwn was pretty badass in that debate against the bishop so far i remember.
he also was plagued by a sickness he got on his travels.
He met up with the Brazilian emperor himself and was a great influence to Pedro II, who was an avid investor in the scientific arts. Also the man who liberated the slaves in Brazil at the cost of his own kingship. I think his is a story worth telling
3:16 Gentleman Naturalist makes me think of someone wearing nothing but a monocle and top hat.
Please make this a full series. I love Darwin and his ideas. His theories rocked the scientific community and religious institutions as well. He went to some of the most biologically diverse places on the planet and there’s also the fact that Darwin was almost beaten to the touch to prove evolution.
Darwin, a man absolutely worthy of highlighting on this channel.
I recommend reading "The Voyage of the Beagle", Darwin's book about this journey, if you are intrigued by this video. It's a beautiful book in its own right, all about a young man's quest to navigate his way through the world while on a marvelous adventure, and Darwin's awe and passion at discovering the hidden wonders of life ooze from its pages, as does his sense for justice and insatiable drive to acquire knowledge.
Worth noting that it wasn't just the crew of the Beagle eating the tortoises. Darwin is known to have been very fond of them himself, as well as very experimental in tasting many other animals. I can't remember which club it was, but he was part of a club that specifically sought out unusual animals to eat in the spirit of scientific discovery.
The HMS Beagle had a little-known American counterpart: The USS Snoopy.
I'm not sorry.
Nor should you be.
How is this not top commen?
Fun Fact: The Apollo 10 Lunar Lander was named Snoopy(It's command Module was named Charlie Brown). It's also the only Lunar Lander with the Ascent stage(the upper part) still floating around in space right now.
Teehee!
Don’t forget it’s sister ship, The USS Scooby.
Charles Darwin is the grandson of Josiah Wedgewood, who founded a very big pottery and ceramic company. Royal daulton is made there
Maluha78 Wedgewood is also credited as one of the most prominent figures of the british abolishonist movement, which also explains Darwin's disposition
:O! wow interesting fact
I love finding out that one historical figure knew another or was related to another for some reason.
So Darwin was basically a 19th century version of Spock
Ben Michels, All I can imagine now is Spock emotionlessly riding a Galapagos Tortoise.
surely... Spock is a science fiction version of Darwin
It's only logical.
Except that Spock would have nerve-pinched anyone interfering with his specimens
@@grayscribe1342 he would have to catch them first. Its illogical to accuse without solid evidence of guilt.
Charles Darwin hmm? I bet he was named after Darwinism
big brain
I remember the days when this channel was just about extras needed for programming. Not that i'm complaining.. love these history and mythology series.
This channel has very much been evolving over the years
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It keeps surprising me how many people who made major contributions to modern biology were members of the clergy
In 1831, in his twenties and fresh out of university, Charles Darwin set sail aboard HMS Beagle on the expedition of a lifetime, into literally uncharted waters and a series of discoveries that would form the basis of his later pioneering work on the origin of species
I love these Extra History videos about scientists
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I will use this in my Advanced Placement Biology classes as an introduction to our unit on Darwinian Evolution. This is wonderful and your videos are brilliant. I have been a teacher for 21 years and have never seen a more perfect way to introduce Darwin; as a life long learner who took a chance and followed his passion. Good on you, mate.
Anyone else doing this for homeschool
I’m in lockdown and I gotta watch this :/
I am lmaoo
A bit late but honestly I just watch this stuff for fun lol
Never been more excited for a Video from you guys. I have so much excitement for the rest of this series.
The captain of the voyage, Roy Fitroy had a pretty remarkable career in science (not so much in politics!). Fitzroy was in charge of the British meterological service and produced the first ever weather reports which were posted in the newspapers. The pressure from his critics drove him to suicide, which is such a sad end for a man who did so much to advance science for the good of all of us.
It is interesting to see he was also involved in establishing scientists as paid workers.
7:35 It wasn't exactly the crew who turned the tortoises into soup.. Darwin was rather notorious for eating a wide variety of animals during his voyage and was even a member of the Glutton Club during his time at Cambridge, a club dedicated to eating the most exotic animals to discover their tastes. So Darwin's expedition was as much a culinary one as it was a scientific for him. If I remember correctly, Darwin himself has eaten more tortoises of certain species than currently are alive today. www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/08/12/430075644/dining-like-darwin-when-scientists-swallow-their-subjects
Ah, so THAT'S what the Pirates! An Adventure with Scientists was about in its third act. Though there, Darwin was attempting to stop the aristocrats from eating rare species.
I really enjoyed this episode ! It made me discover and later appreciate Charles Darwin not only as an immense scientist but also a man with strong convictions and will which pushed him toward a level of success like no one before. Good job!
Darwin made a stop at my hometown and there's still a plaque commemorating the occasion at the restaurant that occupies the pier where the Beagle docked.
It's nice to see how this channel has evolved over the years to the point where you can cover this without worry about the algorithm
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*my heart melts*
Zoe can even meow on cue, truly a star and deserving of treats
Funfact: He actually considered his work on Earthworms to be his magnum opus. He was the first to characterize their role in fertile soil formation
Do you mean "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms"? It was quite a bestseller in its time. (Things were weird back then.)
It's really ironic that Darwin, a guy who found an HMS Beagle-load of evidence that all are born equal, who later see his work corrupted into Social Darwinism. We're studying it in my U.S. History class, and it is honestly ticking me off. It's like people were looking for reasons to be racist.
I hope they do this story service. This is the most important story of the modern world.
Matt Krol - You have a fantastic voice for this.
At the recommendation of a coworker, I have been checking this channel out , and frankly, I'm hooked.
As a lover of history for over 50 years, I very much like the topics and the presentation.
After I have viewed them all, I will come up with suggestions, but until then, keep up the excellent and entertaining work.
this is going to be good despite that everyone like to talk about Darwin's theories no one really likes to talk about the man himself even though he lived an interesting life looking forward to seeing more next time!
THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEEEEEEEND
Wow, a lot has changed since the original sengoku jidai series came out.
So much nostalgia...
Your animations are amazing and so is your cat😅
Super excited for this series!
Brilliant video! Darwin's always been a hero of mine, and this was fantastic.
I'm a little disappointed there was no mention of his Grandfather Erasmus Darwin, who was a scholar of renown, convinced Charles' father that the Beagle trip was a good idea and was a generally looney science type as well. Maybe a bonus video about him, and the 'Lunar Men' that he was a member of ?
Also no mention of Charles' membership and leadership of the Glutton Club at Cambridge? Where he and his friends found interesting and unique animals, and ate them? Or mention of his hunting, shooting and fishing background? He was an ace shot, and impressed the Beagles crew with his ability to down game for the ships consumption?
Really looking forward to the rest of the videos! Just don't forget the bumblebees, or the sandwalk.
Imagine seeing all the things he saw without a tour guide holding your hand while the world was still learning about the things we know today.
Love this! In the future when writing sciencey episodes, you may want to brush up the difference between a hypothesis and a theory. The word theory is used a little liberally here. Evolution by natural selection is a theory now, but at the time of Darwin's Beagle expedition, he was constructing hypotheses, not theories.
Sorry to nitpick, but as someone into science communication that distinction can be really important.
By the time he published though; pretty much theory
If there is a part two, I would love to see Wallace included in it! He was a naturalist who ended up developing an almost identical theory to Darwin, just a number of years later. Wallace had no idea that Darwin had the same thoughts, and ended up sending Darwin his notes asking what he thought.
0:17 My cats are looking me like I cheated on them
Hey, I have an Extra Credits Mythology suggestion: Have you ever heard of the Babylonian myth: Apsu and Tiamat the Creators? It's about how all the Babylonian Gods were given birth by two different types of ocean.
Try dropping that idea off on thier Patreon so it can be put to a vote.
They won't listen unless your on patreon
@@F0rever_zer0 Thanks 4 telling me
Fun fact: He shares his birthday with Abraham Lincoln. Not just the month and day, but also the year.
6:38 This makes it even more ironic that what's basically Malthusian economics + eugenics is called Social Darwinism. Not only is it a misrepresentation of Darwin's theories and a product of the fallacy of prescribing intention to the fact that if something can copy itself it will continue to exist, but something that Darwin himself would disagree with.
If you guys enjoy this concept, there is a book called Polaris that takes place in this time period and has lots of action during a trip to "explore the unknown".
Is there going to be more about Darwin from this channel?
captain: Mr. Darwin are you seasick?
Charles: seasick? yeah, but i don't care, i got my notes
I like this new art-style. Who made this episode? I would like to see more episodes drawn like this.
I would like a part 2, a more in detail explenarion of what he did change in the Europe of back then, what doctrine had to be abolished and what new things sprang up from their ashes
One of his important stops was in the area surrounding Punta Alta and Bahía Blanca. In fact Bahía Blanca has streets named after Darwin and Captain Fitz Roy.
Would you guys consider covering Captain Franklin's doomed voyage to find the Northwest passage?
Who could blame him for quitting med school? Surgery without anesthetic would be a nightmare to witness.
4 years into watching extra history still can’t get enough
Because your brief history about how pigs were used during Spanish colonialism introduced me to TierZoo, it's now very hard for me not to see Darwin as anything but the original dataminer.
You might as well make a video about the Paraguay War (1864-1870). I see so few people talking about this conflict outside of South American TH-cam
One thing often overlooked is that the HMS Beagle and Darwin himself participated in the events leading to the establishment of the modern Argentina and secured British ownership of the Falkland Islands.
one of the greatest men in history
It's too bad that Extra History didn't make "The Voyage of the Beagle" into a 5-6 part series. That's something I would have liked to watch. 🙈🙉🙊
As a Christian, Evolution is my favorite part of Science. I never understood how people could think that this awesome discovery could somehow also undermine all Religion.
Politics, that's why.
From what I learned in the video his theories undermined racism. That's what got church people upset.
Finally a Christian who makes sense please tell others how they shouldn't be stuck in their parents parents parents parents parents parents ways!
Sometimes I'd like to go back in time, sit down and just talk to some of the people throughout the history. And Darwin is one of them.
Charles Darwin; the leprechaun who gave us modern biology
Apart from any religious debate that man was awesome and worked hard even if you do not agree with any of his ideas
I mean it’s not a matter of agreeing, is it? It’s a fact...
A quiz: Charles Darwin was: 1) you, 2) a diplodocus, 3) your neighbor, 4) an excellent naturalist.
Charles Darwin is definitely my Biology role model. When he was younger he liked bugs especially beetles, just like me. 😊😅
Edit : plus , I'd have to thank him for the idea of evolution or Pokémon wouldn't have existed, just like you said in the comments.
I like the "Werner's nomenclature of colours" joke in the ships library with all the books being shades of green
Lol I wish getting into medical school was still as simple as getting signed up at age 16.
You could learn more in your high school anatomy class than the whole field of medicine knew in 1830. So you effectively did sign up for medical at sixteen, 1830's style.
Well, it was easy back then if your family was rich. So,... yeah, things haven't changed all _that_ much.
One series that would be very interesting is the story of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, the voyage of the dammed.
Amazing timing. I’m doing a project about him at school
As a student studying paleaobiology I'm so happy you guys are doing charles darwin. Could you also do wallace he independently also formulated the theory of natural selection.
I've also heard he was one of the forerunners in proving that inbreeding causes genetic deformities. He had a case study in his own house as his wife was his cousin and most of their children were weak and sickly or died early.
In truth, it isnt inbreeding that heightens genetic deformities, it is excessive inbreeding.
You are fine if you are the only person in generations to marry your cousin, but if pervious generations were also cousins then great problems arise
i hope you continue Darwin's story and the struggle he had to propose his theory of evolution
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Make a short video about The Christie Crisis, and a series about The Paraguay war
May i add: With "Christie crisis" i meant a period of tension between the empire of Brazil and the UK around 1800.
Not only was Darwin was the most important figure in modern biology, but perhaps the most important figure in modern atheism as well.
Which is ironic, considering he was parson.
Little addition: Darwin most enthusiastic hobby on the trip, to taste every animal he could. He was the one realizing that the taste of the turtles are varied based on which islande they lived on.