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 ...

thus species are multiplied" (Darwin 1859, p. 120). Discussion of most topics within Evolutionary Biology begins with Darwin. Indeed, On The Origin of Species (1859) continues to influence much of ...

Ironically, one great unsolved problem in Darwin's master work, On the Origin of Species, was just that: How and why do species originate? Darwin and his later followers were faced with a seeming ...

The phrase "survival of the fittest" functions principally in evolutionary theory to describe the biological concept of natural selection.

Some critics of the theory of evolution argue that it doesn't convincingly explain the origin of new species. They say that members of one species couldn't become so different from other ...

It is one of the processes by which species change from generation to generation, and is a crucial element of the theory of evolution. A classic example of natural selection at work is the origin ...

Take a closer look at nine highlights from the Museum's collections, including Darwin's favourite octopus and a rare first edition of his book, On the Origin of Species. While on HMS Beagle, Darwin ...

All three species became locally extinct due to hunting, off-road driving, camel grazing, and threats presented by non-native species. The last ostrich in the Arabian Peninsula was recorded in 1939.

The journey ends with modern humans as the only surviving human species in the world today. Along the way, visitors can see star specimens from the Museum collections, and get to grips with some of ...

IT is now at least eight years since there have been any flutterings in the cytological dovecot. Everyone had settled down to a cell containing a nucleus with chromosomes, karyoplasm, karyosome ...