Season 1 (1978)

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I Was Considered A Very Ordinary Boy
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October 31, 1978

Darwin is uncertain of his career. While at college, he becomes increasingly interested in the natural world. Under the influence ...Read more

My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight
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November 7, 1978

After taking part in an initiation rite on his first crossing of the Equator, Darwin reaches South America. There he finds the won...Read more

How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man
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November 14, 1978

The Beagle lands on Tierra del Fuego the southernmost tip of South America. The attempt to place a missionary among the indigenous people there fails.

Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?
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November 21, 1978

With the length of the expedition increased, Darwin makes an excursion across Patagonia to Buenos Aires. Later, arriving in Valpar...Read more

I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact – That Mystery of Mysteries
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November 28, 1978

After finding fossilized sea shells high in the Andes, Darwin returns to the Beagle to find FitzRoy suffering from depression. Whi...Read more

Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree – The Tree of Life
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December 5, 1978

Darwin studies the finches in the Galápagos that would influence his theories for years to come. The Beagle returns to England aft...Read more

In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History
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December 12, 1978

Darwin becomes worried about loss of reputation and public censure of his ideas and delays publishing his work.