From as little as £2, you can help us create a future where both people and the planet thrive. No matter the size, every gift to the Museum is critical to our 300 scientists' work in understanding and protecting the natural world. We are a charity and we rely on your support. Understanding and protecting life on our planet is the greatest scientific challenge of our age. To reverse the damage we've done and protect the future, we need the knowledge that comes from scientific discovery.
People tell us they 'still get shivers walking through the front door', and thank us for inspiring the next generation of scientists.
We must act on scientific evidence, we must act together, and we must act now.įor many, the Natural History Museum is a place that inspires learning, gives purpose and provides hope.
But if we don't look after nature, nature can't look after us. This is the first time in Earth's history that a single species - humanity - has brought such disaster upon the natural world. Climate change is creating deserts and dead zones, and hunting is driving many species to the brink of extinction. Pollution has caused toxic air in our cities, and farming and logging have wreaked havoc on our forests. Our future depends on nature, but we are not doing enough to protect our life support system. Now we're wondering if you can help us.Įvery year, more people are reading our articles to learn about the challenges facing the natural world. or that it helped you learn something new. Evolution occurs automatically for survival and for millions of years it has been playing catch-up with our dynamic world. Earth was thought to exist in an optimal form.īut natural selection relies on the fact that the world is constantly changing. The ideas that mountains could rise, and climate and organisms could change didn't exist. That's where this theory fails.' Are we still evolving?įor millennia, the world was viewed as static. These animal's offspring would inherit longer necks as a result of their parents' efforts.Īdrian says, 'If you tried to stretch your neck for 10 minutes each morning, then you would probably end up with your neck being a few millimetres longer for a few years.
In Lamarckian theory, giraffes stretch their necks to make them longer. It proposes that animals acquire characteristics based on use or disuse during their lives, rather than through hard-coded genetic changes. Lamarckism is a theory named after French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829).
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