From December 1831 to October 1836, the H.M.S. Beagle set out on a scientific expedition in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

On the ship was a young man named Charles Darwin. That expedition exposed him to ideas that would develop his theory of natural selection which would revolutionize the world of biology.

This episode is not about that theory, however. This is about his other theory that he developed from that expedition.

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The second voyage of the HMS Beagle was one of the most profound in the history of science.

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