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Evolution as an idea has existed since ancient times. The first thinkers to propose that modern lifeforms evolved from earlier forms were Greek philosophers, like Anaximander and Empedocles, living centuries BCE. Naturally, they thought that the way life and the world presented themselves to them was evidence for their hypotheses.

It wasn't until Charles Darwin that a comprehensive explanation for evolution was proposed, one that consisted of falsifiable hypotheses and that was supported by independently verifiable evidence to such an extent that it defeated alternative explanations in scope and accuracy.

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