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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DURING the last ten years geneticists have been getting to grips with the problems of evolutionary change ; Prof. Dobzhansky describes the results of their work in this book. The first edition ...