As of 2018, Charles Darwin has remained one of the most influential biologists in world history ever since the release of his book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”, a book that would change the landscape of science as a whole forever.
It would go on to challenge the long-held belief that the course of nature had been fixed and guided by a higher being, causing some to either question or even abandon their belief in a supernatural being such as a god and/or religion, while others found a way to hold on to their religious beliefs while accepting the scientific findings of Darwin. Though there are some today who still reject half if not all of Darwin’s theories about evolution and natural selection, as they believe it undermines the morals, dogma, and doctrine of their religious texts. As for me, I’m honestly in the creationist/intelligent design camp, but I’m open to hearing what Darwinism is about, and here’s what I’ve been able to understand about evolution and natural selection according to Darwin
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In the past species differed somewhat or greatly compared to their contemporary decedents and such species may display differences in other parts of the world climate compared to the same species in other climates on the earth. In addition, Darwin contends that all organisms share one common ancestor with other organisms, meaning that over time, populations may separate and split into other species, which all share a common ancestral population. Finally, Darwin asserts that evolution is a slow and gradual process. This means that there will be slight changes to a species over a short period of time, but that in the long run (say, in a million years) that species will be drastically different if not unrecognizable by that point in history; due to all the slight and small changes over the course of a slow and gradual process that took millions of years to get