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Ucsp 444
Ucsp 444
DARWIN
Biological Evolution
Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution,
commonly known as Darwinism or the theory of
natural selection, is a scientific theory that explains
how species change and adapt over time. Darwin's
work, which he published in his famous book "On
the Origin of Species" in 1859, proposed that
species evolve through a process of natural
selection acting on heritable variation in
populations over time.
The key principles of Darwin's theory of biological
evolution are as follows: