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In the final edition of The Origin of Species, published in 1872, Darwin emphasized that his theory of evolution hinged on several factors: natural selection; spontaneous variation (mutation ...

The British naturalist was the first to offer evidence to explain the mechanism that makes evolution possible: natural selection. And so he became one of the most important thinkers and scientists ...

Other erroneous but popular themes were the idea that Darwin’s theory of evolution is about inevitable progress or the occurrence of so-called degeneration from humans back into animals.

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