1. evolution
Darwin's and Wallace's concept was based on five premises: 1) there is stability in the process of reproduction 2) in most species, the number of organisms that grow, survive, and reproduce is small compared to the number initially produced 3) in any population, there are variations that are not produced by the environment and some are inheritable 4) which individual will grow and reproduce and which will not are determined to a significant degree by the interaction between these chance variations and the environment 5) given enough time, natural selection leads to the accumulation o...
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