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 DARWINIAN
REVOLUTION
 In 1859, there was a groundbreaking revolution
in both the scientific and religious realms: the
origin of species, authored by Charles Darwin,
was published. The book changed how people
approach biology forever, and has fundamental
impacts on modern science, religion, and other
aspects of the society.
 CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN
 Charles Darwin (born February 12, 1809,
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died April
19, 1882, Downe, Kent), English naturalist
whose scientific theory of evolution by
natural selection became the foundation of
modern evolutionary studies.
CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN
 The 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.
 NATURAL SELECTION
 process that results in the adaptation of an
organism to its environment by means of
selectively reproducing changes in
its genotype, or genetic constitution.
NATURAL SELECTION

The theory is also called

“survival of the fittest”.
 EXAMPLE:
Another aspect which perhaps needs rethinking is that
if Charles Darwin was not the first to think of ‘The
Theory of Natural Selection’, should the revolution
be named after him? There have been strong
speculations that even 150 years before Charles
Darwin, a lot of intellectual thought and debate had
gone into ‘The Theory of Natural Selection’,
including that of his own grandfather.

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Furthermore, many people claim that Alfred
Russell Wallace is the forgotten hero behind
the evolution of principle, further stressing
that Darwin relied on Wallace for many of
his findings.
✣ However, this revolution is Darwinian for a host
of reasons. Firstly, he was one of the first to
stand up against the Church and other religious
authorities and claim that they are wrong.
Moreover, if you look at the structure of the
argument presented in ‘Origin of Species’, it is
near flawless. Darwin brilliantly highlights the
key principles and findings from his observations
and acutely presents them in a systematic
manner. 

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