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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"In September 1858 I set to work to prepare a volume ... on the transmutation of species, but was often interrupted by ill-health." With Wallace's prompting, Darwin decides he should publish his ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England in 1809. In 1825 he went to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. His experience at university provided him with a wide scientific education.

This story appears in the February 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The journey of young Charles Darwin aboard His Majesty's Ship Beagle, during the years 1831-36, is one of the best ...

Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

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 ...

Survival of the fittest has become shorthand for Darwinism, but Charles Darwin didn’t actually coin the phrase. Herbert ...