Why was the age of the Earth important for Darwin's ideas about evolution?

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Chapter20: Development Of Evolutionary Thinking
Section20.2: Darwin’s Journeys
Problem 1SB: What observations that Darwin made on his round-the-world voyage influenced his later thoughts about...
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The theory of evolution was proposed by a British naturalist Charles Darwin in his book" origin of species". He ideated that species change over time, give rise to new species, and share a common ancestor.

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The scientists in the 19th century believed that Earth was only about 6,000 years old. Darwin did not think that 6,000 years was enough time for life to have diversified and evolved into its various forms according to natural selection theory.

According to darwin the age of the earth in the evolution process was important as he thought that evolution was a very slow process great amounts of time were required to produce the great diversity of life that exists. 

 

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