All viewers of this document can see this public note. This is the most explicit and concise description and definition of natural selection in On the Origin of Species. Darwin’s view here is ...

thus species are multiplied" (Darwin 1859, p. 120). Discussion of most topics within Evolutionary Biology begins with Darwin. Indeed, On The Origin of Species (1859) continues to influence much of ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

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Some critics of the theory of evolution argue that it doesn't convincingly explain the origin of new species. They say that members of one species couldn't become so different from other ...

before having his idea presented publicly to a small audience of scientists and then, a year later, to a wide, astonished popular readership in his majestic On the Origin of Species, first ...

These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species -- that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me ...

The journey ends with modern humans as the only surviving human species in the world today. Along the way, visitors can see star specimens from the Museum collections, and get to grips with some of ...

All three species became locally extinct due to hunting, off-road driving, camel grazing, and threats presented by non-native species. The last ostrich in the Arabian Peninsula was recorded in 1939.