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Why Is Charles Darwin Controversial

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Best known for his contributions to the evolutionary theory, Charles Robert Darwin was an English scientist that made revolutionary discoveries. In Darwin’s publication 1859, On the Origin of Species, he established that all species are descended from a common ancestor, changed by mutations and natural selection, despite battling much controversy. By the 1870s, Darwin had most of the community accepting evolution as a fact. Despite that statement, his discoveries are still widely controversial. Many religious people do not believe in the Theory of Evolution because it contradicts the beliefs of creation. Even people who are not religious, believe in something greater than them instead of the Theory of Evolution. Although some people do not
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