Darwin on the evolution trail

Curious by nature, the young Charles Darwin embarks on a voyage around the world as naturalist aboard the Beagle. At the time he did not knew that it was to be the beginning of a sensational scientific breakthrough. For five years he collects, observes and annotates everything he discovers in the other continents. Back in England, he continues to work tirelessly on his extensive collections and finally, 20 years later, he publishes the fruit of his work: "On the Origin of Species” - the volume which enables us to explain the emergence and the extinction of species by natural selection.

This animation film shows the observations and thoughts of Darwin, an extraordinary figure, whose theories challenged generally accepted wisdom.

Selected at Pariscience 2009
See the showing : Wednesday 07th October 2009 from 10h15 to 11h30