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 ...

Darwin wasn't the first to suggest the theory of evolution—that all living things originate from ancestral forms and that their distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive ...

Over many generations this process produced giraffes as they are today. This process of natural selection was first described by Charles Darwin in 1859 in On the Origin of Species.

The phrase "survival of the fittest" functions principally in evolutionary theory to describe the biological concept of natural selection. English naturalist, geologist, and biologist Charles ...

Charles Darwin close Charles DarwinAn English naturalist (1809-1882). In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which outlined his theory of evolution. was an English naturalist who ...

The puzzle of the Galapagos finches Darwin's initial ideas about adaptation and the development of new species Darwin's relationships with his brother and with fellow naturalists Chapter 3.

Wild animals' usual wariness of human beings is not always evident in the Galápagos Islands, owing to the remarkable naiveté of the creatures there. Frank Sulloway stood only about two feet away ...