The concept of evolution by natural selection was developed primarily by Darwin and
Wallace in the 19th century as an explanation for the diversity and origin of complex …

This essay presents the misinterpretation of the scientific contribution and natural selection
theory of Charles Darwin. It notes that Darwin's theory has remained widely contested citing …

Since Darwin's time we have known that natural selection, acting upon variations, is the key
to understanding biological evolution. After passing through the filter of natural selection …

Evolutionary theory has never had a stronger scientific foundation than it does today. In a
short review I hope to portray the deep commitment of today's biologists to Darwinian natural …

In spite of its success, Neo-Darwinism is faced with major conceptual barriers to further
progress, deriving directly from its metaphysical foundations. Most importantly, neo …

Darwin (1859) was not the first to suggest that species evolve. In fact, one of the first
discussions of evolution predates Darwin by two and a half millennia. Anaximander, a Greek …

Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has
always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's …

The theory of evolution by natural selection has prospered in its first 150 years and provides
a consistent account of species as highly adapted and rare survivors in the struggle for …

“Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature's many
innovations—some uncannily perfect—call for natural principles that accelerate life's ability …

Biological adaptations appear designed for a purpose, and so they result from a “creative
process” almost by definition. Traditional evolutionary theory assigns a special role in this …