Darwin and After Darwin: an Exposition of the Darwinian Theory, and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions. By the late G. J. Romanes &c. II. Post-Darwinian Questions—Heredity and Utility.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...

If you’ve taken high school or college biology, you’ve probably been exposed to a good dose of Darwinian evolution. Darwinian theory includes the belief that all living things descended from a small ...

Darwin installs a mirror outside his study window so he can watch visitors approach. At his country home, Down House, he feels safe to work on his secret theory, but cannot escape his troubled ...

Darwin saw his 500-page book as "one long argument" for the theory of natural selection. "It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, the ...

This year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Darwin's ideas have influenced ...

He was a scientist born in Shropshire, who, when studying birds on a tropical island, went: "Huh? The beaks are bigger on ...

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Tucker Carlson has been mocked by experts after suggesting that Darwin's theory of evolution has been debunked. The broadcaster made the comments on the Joe Rogan podcast where he also claimed ...

Before Charles Darwin came up with his famous theory about evolution, he proposed a theory of how coral reefs and atolls formed. Some of the specimens he collected to support his theory are now cared ...