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Herbert Spenser used the phrase first after reading Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1864. Herbert Spenser was a biologist and sociologist and did write about evolution before Charles Darwin

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Who discovered the evolution of man?

Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace first proposed natural selection and evolution. The actual process of modifying plants and anilmals had been known for centuries as it is used by farmers to create new breeds of animals and crops.


What was Charles Darwin's theory on the driving force of evolution called?

Darwin claimed it was the process of natural selection that drove evolution. However this is incomplete, without both a process that creates variation and the process of natural selection evolution could not work. There are many processes that create variation (e.g. mutation, crossover, transformation, infection, conjugation, polyploidy).


How does overproduction of offspring create a struggle for survival?

overproduction actually helps the survival but if mjost of the eggs hatch but the more animals would mean more competetion for food and if their isn't enough food tehn the food source will become extinct and the other species that depend on that food source will die out also


What did Darwin mean when he said that natural selection works on existing variation?

Natural selection is the differential reproductive success of genomic variation. But for differing variants to be able to compete reproductively, such variants must exist in the first place. Reproduction causes such variants to come into existence.


What is the scientist best remembered for defining evolution by natural selection?

Charles Darwin is the best remembered for defining evolution through natural selection. He did this chiefly through his book "On the Origin of Species..." published in 1859. Some have noted that he actually put forward two proposals. His first was to note actual changes in organisms (his famous Galapagos finches) and postulate these were 'created' via natural selection. His second and more radical proposal was to postulate that these changes, made numerous over long ages could create totally new species.

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Did Herbert Spencer create the survival of the fittest?

"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase originating in evolutionary theory, as an alternative description of natural selection. The phrase is today commonly used in contexts that are incompatible with the original meaning as intended by its first two proponents: British polymath philosopher Herbert Spencer (who coined the term) and Charles Darwin.


What did Charles Darwin create?

He didn't invent anything- he proposed the theory of evolution And the answer to that is: The concept of the survival of the fittest as a mechanism for the theory of evolution. Oh, except bees. He didn't invent bee's pete, no matter how much you wish you were right.


Where did Charles Darwin create his theory?

During a voyage to the Galapagos Islands.


Why did the human race create the food chain?

The human race didn't create it, it is just survival of the fittest. Although the human race made it more organized.


How did Thomas Malthus influence Darwin's thinking?

Thomas Malthus said that the human population is going to decrease over the years because there are not enough fod resources to sustain the growing/exponential population. So there will be competition and the most FIT will get the food, reproduce, and spread their genes. This is the basis of Darwin's theory, that scarcity of resources, territory, etc. leads to the most fit to survive from competition and thus the survivors will therefore create more babies and their genes will be passed to the next generation, thereby creating more species with those fit genes.


What did charls Darwin do to go to jail?

I THINK because Charles Darwin discovered evolution before everyone believed god create people so they put him in jail because he had proof .


What resulted from Darwin's theory?

Darwin created a new branch of biology called evolutionary biology. His ideas angered those that believe in religion and not science. Some states in the United States banned the teaching of evolution. There was a famous Scopes Monkey Trial where John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution and he was defended by the famous William Jennings Byran.Some people took Darwin's ideas and used them to create social Darwinism. People, groups, and peoples were also subject to the "survival of the fittest." This concept has been rejected by most now.


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Who are some famous evolutionists?

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Did knowledge of the age of the earth help Charles Darwin create his theory of evolution?

No. In fact, it was only after Darwin had already published his model that we began to have some understanding of the geological and physical processes that allow us to accurately date the Earth.


Hat did Charles Darwin invented?

Charles Darwin did not create any inventions. Instead, he contributed to society through his research and theories on evolution.


Why is Charles Darwin well known?

A: He wrote many books on evolution. Charles Darwin, a British naturalist who served as a navigator on the HMS Beagle, wrote many books on evolution.Charles Darwin is a famous scientist because he discovered evoloution in action. The birds he studied clearly showed survival of the fittest.