when an eight hundred thirty five the english theologian and scientist charles darwin came to the galapagos he hoped to find a new garden of eden he was trying to prove the literal truth of the story of the creation as told in the bible and he imagined that these remote pacific islands would turn out to be a center of creation but the species were preserved as god had created them. instead darwin discovered something even more miraculous this isolated world of plants and animals showed him that all life is constantly changing that all living things are continually evolving and adapting to their environment. darwin's theory of natural selection was published in eight hundred fifty nine in his book the origin of species it was to change radically and forever our whole understanding of humanity and its place in creation. the name galapagos comes from a spanish word for tourists in fact it was through his observations of the tortoises on the islands and these schoolies of forests that darwin arrived at his discoveries he saw here plants and animals which clearly originated far away to come here

some of it is fascinating so i wonder you have this wonderful essay about influenced by charles darwin and dr. doo little how many of you have written dr. doolittle or seen the film with recollection harrison so you know and you pretty much know that's pretty good. >> i do there's similarity between dr. doolittle and at least the young darwin roughly contemporary. and he was the great naturalist like charles darwin and both loved animals and i think i was genuinely influenced by dr. doolittle and never seen anymore of the film thank goodness. >> recollection harrison that was good. that one -- [laughter] >> i always think that you really love a being seeing a. concern but anyway i love dr. doolittle and i think he did influence me. i think he infliewngsed me to value nonhuman animals many a way that i might not have done. he's actually -- sensors in libraries because of racism and that was a symptom of the 1920s when he wrote the book and remember everybody in britain was racist at the time, and in a very gentle kind of way. but i think he -- that dr. doolittle more than makes up for i

i think charles darwin has never answer would have been no.ure where to begin. we could start of the assertion that he was a racist, there is nothing in his written documentation to back that up. he does make a couple of statements in hisjournals which could be regarded in modern light is somewhat controversial, but what we see with darwin is his progression of ideas that change over time and suggest that if he was presented with that question, am i not a man, am i not a brother? he would say no... in the descent of man, darwin quite clearly states that savages, brown people, people such as the human beings that he met do not have a proper language, he says they have hardly any vocabulary. when their missionaries went there, they discovered a complex language. that is an interesting point. the missionaries andrew refers to, did find a complex language but darwin's ideas... they were very juvenile. they changed over time. when you look at the science that changes, you see a man whose ideas are incredibly sophisticated, they change and the beaut

charles darwin's theory of evolution has been removed for younger students and there are new lessonsfurther criticism that the islamic government is trying to impose its values on a previously secular education syllabus. 0ur turkey correspondent mark lowen reports. please with the new school year, a new curriculum. this student will no longerfind a new curriculum. this student will no longer find a pollution new curriculum. this student will no longerfind a pollution but new curriculum. this student will no longer find a pollution but will breed ofjihad longer find a pollution but will breed of jihad and longer find a pollution but will breed ofjihad and love for the homeland. turkey's secular founding father is less prominent and his school must now have a prayer room. translation: i am worried for my children's future. they are engineering society. if you are teaching the prophet mohamed and adding anjihadist, it will teaching the prophet mohamed and adding an jihadist, it will isolate us. i am terrified. adding an jihadist, it will isolate us. iam terrified. protest adding an jiha

it replaces the paper £10 note, with the portrait of naturalist charles darwin, which will still be legalwashing machine, it is ok, is that the idea? yes, well, if it is anything like the fiver, it doesn't survive the hot wash very well. you have experienced that then? maybe i have... your comments coming in. here's one. "i can't remember the last time i used cash except for paying for parking... " luke says he still uses cash quite regularly. keep your comments coming in, using the hashtag bbcbizlive. president trump has blocked a chinese—backed private equity firm from buying a us—based chipmaker. it's being seen as a clear sign that washington will oppose takeover deals that involve technology that could have a military application. sarah toms is in singapore. nice to see you again, sarah. can you tell us a bit more about this story? as you said, it has cast a bit of a cloud over other chinese deals waiting for approval, the white house spokesperson said the sale was rejected because it could risk national security. an intervention by the white house in business deals israel, but the c

charles darwin, sorry! and this is the new note. i will hold it up. there we go.e. how many women are on american notes, michelle? we were due to have harriet todman on, but we don't know if it will happen or not because the new treasury secretary has been a bit vague about that and said it is not a priority. look at this. there is benjamin franklin, one of their founding fathers. if you press the magic button, look at that. i will call this the fleury. i don't think you could spend it on fifth ave! thanks for being with us, michelle. we will be back at the same time next week. thanks for watching. hello, it looks like something less cold will come to the weather next week. until then, actually feel. a mixture of sunshine and showers. that covered it for much of the uk and will for the next couple of days. plenty of showers out there, but some of them moved through in a matter of minutes, then back into the dry unfairly sunny weather. if you catch a shallow, it could be heavy. still a few of those this evening, though they become confined to coastal parts. this li

the old io—pound notes, which picture charles darwin, will be withdrawn in the spring. easierfor the blind 0n or partially—sighted to identify. we are lucky enough to say we have to in the studio. sean is looking after them. we get to touch them. the mercury music prize for best album from the uk and ireland will be awarded tonight. nominees include ed sheeran, stormzy and kate tempest — all recognised for their latest albums. (pres) newcomers loyle carner, blossoms and dinosaur have also made the final twelve shortlist. the live ceremony will include performances from artists at the london apollo. chi chi izundu reports. of the 12 shortlisted albums are vying to win one of the most prestigious prizes in british and irish music and £25,000. an aim of the mercury prize is trying to bring attention to artists the public might not normally here. for me, this isn't about celebrating, this is about bringing people into our genre, the sort of community a part of which is amazing music which doesn't get this opportunity. agitation, nerves? some of the nominees, it was about ho

floreana tortoise has been on the extinct list since the 19th century, disappearing soon after charles darwin'sught back from the dead. translation: today we are announcing to the world some very good news. we have managed to recover a species that was once thought to be extinct and was listed as such for the last 150 years. the species became extinct from its home island of floreana during the mid—19th century, after hunting and exploitation from the first settlers. some floreana were dropped on other islands, breeding with other tortoises, but now the original species is slowly and steadily staging its return. a breeding programme at the galapagos national park has yielded dozens of floreana purebred tortoises with hopes of thousands more in the coming years. translation: we're going to recover this florea na species with a programme of reproduction in captivity using the experience that the galapagos national park has already used for 5,000 other tortoises that have been reintroduced into their natural habitat, and this will be the first time that we will do the same thing but with a species

when an eight hundred thirty five the english theologian and scientist charles darwin came to the galapagos he hoped to find a new garden of eden he was trying to prove the literal truth of the story of the creation as told in the bible and he imagined that these remote pacific islands would turn out to be a center of creation with a species were preserved as god had created them. instead darwin discovered something even more miraculous this isolated world of plants and animals showed him that all life is constantly changing that all living things are continually evolving and adapting to their environment. darwin's theory of natural selection was published in eight hundred fifty nine in his book the origin of species it was to change radically and forever our whole understanding of humanity and its place in creation.