Charles Darwin, an evolutionary scientist

  • H. B. Humeniuk
  • I. B. Chen
  • O. S. Voloshyn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7124/FEEO.v25.1189

Abstract

Charles Robert Darwin is an English naturalist, geologist and biologist. He was one of the first to realize and clearly demonstrated that all living organisms evolved over time from common ancestors. The main driving force of evolution was called natural selection and uncertain variability. The existence of evolution was recognized by most scientists during the life of Charles Darwin, while his theory of natural selection, as the main explanation of evolution, became universally recognized only in the 30’s of the XX century. The ideas and discoveries of Charles Darwin, in a revised form, form the foundation of a modern synthetic theory of evolution and form the basis of biology, providing a logical explanation for biodiversity. Orthodox followers of Darwin’s teachings develop the direction of the evolutionary thought bearing his name Darwinism.

Keywords: evolution, natural selection, uncertain variability, theory, biodiversity.

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