 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Charles Darwin akakurira achifarira nhau dzezvakasikwa, uye somudzidzi paUniversity of Cambridge akava mudzidzi neshamwari yepedyo yapurofesa weBotany John Stevens Henslow. Gore raakapedza kudzidza, Darwin akapiwa chinzvimbo chinokosha somunhu anonzwisisa zvinhu zvakasikwa uye nyanzvi yezvokuchera matongo parwendo rwechipiri rweHMS Beagle, rwendo rwakagara makore mashanu. Panguva yaakadzoka muna October 1836, akanga ava kusava nechokwadi nedzidziso yokuti marudzi akagara aripo uye haachinji. Mumwedzi mishomanana, nyanzvi dzakamuudza kuti zvipembenene zvaakanga aunganidza zvakanga zviri zvemarudzi akasiyana, kwete zvemarudziwo zvawo, uye mienzaniso yaakaona yakafuridzira kutanga kwedzidziso yake yokusarudza kwomuzvarirwo muna 1838. Darwin akavamba kuronga nokuparadzira mishumo yenyanzvi, yakaunganidzwa muZoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, panguva imwe cheteyo nokunyora nhevedzano yamabhuku pamusoro pegadziriro yezvinhu, wokutanga wawo waiva The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Basa rake pamhando rakanga riri basa rake rokutanga, chaiva chikonzero chokunyora uku, asi rakashanduka kuva chirongwa chakakura chokutsvakurudza mumakore makumi maviri asati abudisa rondedzero yake. 