What Is Charles Darwin's Theory Of Descent With Modification?

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We are all familiar with Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The legendary theory alleges that human beings evolved from apes through natural selection. Such allegations would naturally require substantial evidence to support its claim, and indeed Darwin dedicated his life to provide the proof; he called it The Theory of Descent with Modification. According to the article Charles Darwin: The Origin of the Species, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection is often misconstrued. When we think of the Theory of Evolution, we immediately think of the illustrious image of an ape gradually mutating into a man; we are not entirely wrong. Darwin infers that the earth was once inhabited by apes, and over time, as the environment progressed, apes ultimately adapted to their environment, and physically evolved into human beings. Stephen Hawking may have shared Darwin’s views as he too supposed that life began when the change in the atmosphere established life form. The article Creation and Reality asserts “in this way a process of evolution was …show more content…

Additionally, Darwin had other theories concluding not only man’s existence, but the evolutionary relationship other life forms as well. He pointed out that there are undeniable structural relationships between different organisms found in “the embryos of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish”. He also alludes there are physical correlations between species such as birds that rarely swim possess webfeet and that these species have adapted to their environments through natural selection. According to the article, Darwin attributes climatic and geographical changes have effected the earth and accelerated migration. Likewise, Hawking too proposed when the atmosphere changed over time, it “allowed the development of higher forms of life such as fish, reptiles, mammals, and ultimately the human