Learn about Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle and his ideas about evolution and natural selection.

The theory of evolution and faith in a creative and providential deity are not mutually exclusive and numerous theologians and scientists have found ways to reconcile these beliefs.

1. What are endemic species? Why did Darwin focus on endemic species? 2. What were the three patterns that Charles Darwin observed on his voyage that led him to accept and form his ideas on …

Explore the basics of evolution and natural selection in this engaging Khan Academy video tutorial.

During his voyage on the Beagle, Darwin noticed that fossil remains and modern species found on the same continent resembled each other very closely.

Darwin had arrived at a complete theory of evolution by 1839, but it was to be another 20 years before he published his ideas of evolution through natural selection in his epochal book On the Origin of …

Before we look at the evidence, let's make sure we are on the same page about what evolution is. Broadly speaking, evolution is a change in the genetic makeup (and often, the heritable features) of a …

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Today, most biologists define evolution more specifically as a process in which the genetic makeup of a population changes over time. This definition encompasses both large changes over long timescales, …