Did you know that the 24th of November is Evolution Day? Charles Darwin’s origin of the Species was first published on this day in 1859!
The revolutionary story of Darwin the Finch, a children’s book about the story of these amazing finches will be launched on facebook on the 24th of November 2021.
Evolution Day – Darwin the Finch Book Launch
Watch my little trailer about my illustrated childrens book launch.
Señor and Señora Finch are swept away from their home by the strong Trade Winds. Eventually when they finally land on distant islands they build a nest and lay eggs.
Blessed, Señor and Señora Finch hatch five eggs.
How will these five brothers adapt, survive and thrive in this strange new land?
The revolutionary story of Darwin the Finch
Written and Illustrted by Mandy Elizabeth Rush
What did Darwin notice?
The finches’ beaks differed depending on the local food source. Darwin concluded that because the islands were distant from the mainland, the finches that had arrived there had changed over time, adapting to the environment on each island.
Charles Darwin described the speciation of finches after his studies of the birds on the Galápagos Islands. Darwin noticed that the finches on the different islands were similar to each other, but not exactly the same.
Alfred Russel Wallace was a great admirer of Darwin and a fellow naturalist. After a variety of zoological discoveries Wallace proposed a theory of evolution, which matched Darwin’s unpublished ideas that he had kept secret for nearly 20 years. This encouraged Darwin to collect his scientific ideas and collaborate with Wallace. They published their scientific ideas jointly in 1858.
This also prompted Darwin to publish his book, ‘On the Origin of Species’, the following year. This meant that Darwin and Wallace worked together to improve the explanation of natural selection.
