What is was the name of Darwins theory?

Answer 1

Charles Darwin was not the first to recognise the role of evolution, but he did recognise that evolution came about by variability and natural selection. Darwin believed that when a natural variation gave a survival advantage, that individual was more likely to survive and pass on the genes responsible for that variation. He saw that varieties can be developed in a sufficiently short period to be studied, and said that evolution of species is just an extension of the observed evolution of varieties. Darwin said that [in nature] a well marked variety can justly be called an incipient species, although the variety, for any number of reasons, may never progress to becoming a distinct species. He published his most important work, The Origin of Species, in 1859 and The Descent of Man in 1871.

Answer 2

Darwin, the father of evolution, based this revolutionary idea on something he called natural selection, which, by his definition, was the "weeding out of the weak". In other words, he believed that species survived and thrived through the elimination of weak or abnormal specimens and the successful reproduction of strong ones. In this way, he believed that over time, as natural selection was allowed to play out, a species would gradually change - individuals would inadvertently gain mutations or unique traits that would allow thm to compete for resources more efficiently than another individual. This "better" individual would then reproduce, and pass on its unique trait to its offspring, and thus a species would, through natural selection, change over time. This is evolution.

Answer 3

Charles Darwin referred to his theory officially as the Theory of Natural Selection. He occasionally used the synonym "Survival of the Fittest", coined by Herbert Spencer, but recognized how it might be misinterpreted. He also commonly referred to his theory as the Theory of Decent with Modification in his book, On the Origin of Species.

Answer 4

He proposed that all living creatures all descended from common ancestors.

Answer 5

Darwin's Theory of Descent With Modification via Natural Selection is the full name but it means "evolution via survival of the fittest."

Answer 6

Social Darwinism.

Answer 7

Evolution