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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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∙ 6y agoThe theory of evolution by natural selection, first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits. Changes that allow an organism to better adapt to its environment will help it survive and have more offspring.
The theory is sometimes described as "survival of the fittest," but that can be misleading. Here, "fitness" refers not to an organism's strength or athletic ability, but rather the ability to survive and reproduce more offspring.
Given enough time and enough accumulated changes, natural selection can create entirely new species, known as "macroevolution." It can turn dinosaurs into birds, amphibious mammals into whales and the ancestors of apes into humans.
But Darwin wasn't the first or only scientist to develop a theory of evolution. The French biologist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck came up with the idea that an organism could pass on traits to its offspring, though he was wrong about some of the details. And around the same time as Darwin, British biologist Alfred Russell Wallace independently came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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∙ 12y agoCharles Robert Darwin, though evolution was already known. Darwin came up with an explanation for evolution. Called the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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∙ 15y agoCharles Robert Darwin
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∙ 14y agoThe most famous or well known was Charles Darwin. Most people would have a hard time naming anyone else. There are plenty of famous people who believe in evolution.
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∙ 14y agocharles darwin
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charles Darwin! But he had many assistants/helpers on his travels and theory. In fact it is ashamed he received all the credit for his amazing discovery, since he had many people helping ect.
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