Darwinsism

Darwin revealed that evolution is transmission with adaptation. He did this through the studies of different species of animals from the Galapagos Islands in the 1830’s. He realized that animals differ from one geographical location to the next. An example of this is when he stated in his studies that, “…some finches had shorter beaks, useful for cracking seeds. Some had long, sharp beaks

One of the ways in which some people tried to apply a social version of natural selection was through racism. An example of racism is Nazism in the early 20th century. In the eyes of the Nazi’s, if you did not have the build of an Aryian person (blonde hair, blue eyes etc.) you were considered to be inferior and a virus to the human race, thus, eventually leading to the elimination of the Jews. Another way in which people tried to relate a social version of natural selection is when the Protestants believed that they evolved much faster and further than other “races”. They believed that only the wealthy were to dominate the world, and let the poor people die off so that they would not weaken the human race.

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