When Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle, what did he and most of his contemporary scientists think about the origin of species

When Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle, most scientists, including Darwin, thought each species was specially created by God in its present form and did not change over time.

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stimulus is a change in the environment that causes an organism to react. the response is the reaction to the stimulus. some examples of stimuli for zebras are drought, to many predators, and bad feeding grounds such as dead grass or plants. zebras respond to stimuli just like all other living organisms