they were very smart and they knew what they were doing
Yes, Herbert Spencer attempted to apply the theory of biological evolution to sociology by proposing that societies evolve in a similar way to organisms, with those that are better adapted to their environment surviving and progressing. He believed that social progress was achieved through competition and natural selection, a concept he termed "social Darwinism."
It started with the creation of the first recombinant bacteria in 1973, E .coli expressing a salmonella gene. This led to concerns in the scientific community about potential risks from genetic engineering which have been thoroughly discussed at the Asilomar Conference in Pacific Grove, California in February 1975. Herbert Boyer then founded the first company to use recombinant DNA technology, Genentech, and in 1978 the company announced the creation of an E. coli strain producing the human protein insulin. In 1986, field tests of bacteria genetically engineered to protect plants from frost damage (ice-minus bacteria) at a small biotechnology company called Advanced Genetic Sciences of Oakland, California, were repeatedly delayed by opponents of biotechnology. In the same year, a proposed field test of a microbe genetically engineered for a pest resistance protein by Monsanto was dropped.
Genetic engineering as a field has evolved over time, and it is difficult to attribute its discovery to a single individual. However, scientists like Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen are often credited with pioneering the technology behind genetic engineering, particularly the development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s.
Darwin didn't actually use this phrase - Herbert Spencer did. It means simply that traits which allow individual organisms to reproduce successfully will appear disproportionatly in successive generations.Darwin meant nothing by this phrase because it is the work of one Herbert Spencer. Darwin did incooperate it into later editions of the Origin and many think the phrase is misleading.The fit is the organism that enjoys the greatest reproductive success in contrast to it's fellow organisms against the immediate environment. So, their descendents survive and propagate better that the descendents of conspecifics. That is the part that is hincky as the descendents are the beneficiaries of the " survival of the fittest. "
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
The first genetically engineered organism was Escherichia coli bacteria in 1973 by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen.
Herbert Stanley was born in 1872.
Herbert Stanley died in 1955.
Herbert Stanley Morris died in 1919.
Herbert Stanley Morris was born in 1892.
Herbert Stanley Tutt has written: 'Caboolture country'
Herbert Stanley Allen has written: 'A text-book of heat'
Stanley Maxted's birth name is Stanley Herbert Maxted.
Herbert Stanley Crane has written: 'Missouri cases' -- subject(s): Annotations and citations (Law)
Herbert Muggleston Stanley has written: 'The petroleum-chemicals industry' -- subject(s): Petroleum products
Herbert Stanley Redgrove has written: 'Alchemy: ancient and modern' -- subject(s): History, Alchemy, Chemistry
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer