Darwin's struggling with his theory while the Church and other scientists are freaking out... then BAM! In walks Gregor Mendel with his pea plants like a scientific superhero! 🌱
While Darwin was revolutionizing biology with natural selection, he couldn't quite crack the inheritance puzzle. Meanwhile, this monk in a garden was crossing peas and accidentally inventing genetics! Talk about a plot twist in the scientific timeline!
Mendel's pea experiments gave us dominant and recessive traits, and suddenly Darwin's theory had the missing piece. The scientific equivalent of showing up to the party with exactly what everyone needed but didn't know they were missing!