What Charles Darwin thinks about evolutionary biology
British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.
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Their wordsFurthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
↗On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859)gutenberg.org All 8 from this book
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Our readingNatural selection can make no great or sudden change; it acts only by very short, slow steps
Their wordsAs natural selection acts solely by accumulating slight, successive, favourable variations, it can produce no great or sudden modification; it can act only by very short and slow steps.
↗On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859)gutenberg.org All 8 from this book
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