Charles Robert Darwin has had the greatest influence on the world by proving the evolution of living things. ... This is what Charles Darwin would later call natural selection. Charles Darwin also showed how new species were created on the acts of evolution. ... "The Descent of Man," Charles Darwin's second published work he compared man to ape. ... That is why I say that Charles Darwin has had the greatest influence on the world. ...

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From Anaximander, a Greek naturalist of the sixth century to Charles Darwin to whom we are now calling the " Father of Science of Evolution." The contribution of Charles Darwin was so considerable that evolution is often referred to as the Darwinian theory. ... Charles Darwin is generally given credit for having done two things. ... Let us take for example the observation made by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands and the Cape Verde Islands. ... That's why they were considered as man's closest relative. ...

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Contrary to popular opinion, neither the term nor the idea of biological evolution began with Charles Darwin and his foremost work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859). ... Some common errors about the theory of evolution are illustrated by such questions asIf man evolved from the apes, then why are there still apes?? The theory of evolution is not equivalent to Darwinism. ... Note that the descent with modification hypothesis can be tested independently of any ideas about how it happened, the mechanism behind it. ... A particularly compelling example of speciation i...

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Charles Darwin advocated the idea of natural selection with his book he Origin of Species. ... The claim to descent with modification could hold strong if the missing link between man and ape could be discovered. ... Discoveries of the Java Man and the Peking Man led to a new species deemed, Homo erectus. ... After the publication of the rigin of Species Eugene Dubois went in search of the missing link needed to strengthen Darwin theory. ... These bones were later deemed the Java Man. ...

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The bible was interpreted and written by man, who defines one day to be twenty four hours long. ... Many largely conflicting theories dealing with science and religion were first presented by one man, Charles Darwin. Darwin, who was trained as a minister, presented ideas in the mid eighteen hundreds never conceived, that started a controversy between science and religion that exists still today. ... Now on a personal note I have denied all agreements with Darwin on his opinions on the descent of man, but I agree and find it easy to adopt his ideas with natural selection. ... This does not...

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Charles Darwin, is the known creator of the "Theory of Evolution", however, that is not what he liked to call his theory. He preferred to call it "descent with modification". ... To me, hearing the word evolution immediately puts a picture of an ape turning into a man into my head. ... What people forget/don't know is that Darwin never even liked the word. ... Society has changed so much, just from one mans theory, and they now teach it in public schools. ...

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The Many Faces of Psychology Many people have had many impacts in today's society but no one has ever been as worldwide known as Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. Charles Darwin was born in March 12, 1809 in Downe, England he was the fifth of sixth children and was born in a wealthy upbringing, when he became of age he matriculated in the school of Shrewsbury and then in 1825 he enrolled in Edinburgh University to study medicine and be a physician like his father. ... Because of this experience Darwin was able to write and edit his first own research book and call it "Journal of...

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It all started with one man, Aristotle, who during his life, immensely studied nature and the outdoors. ... After years of trying to understand the concept of evolution, Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, came into the picture. ... Darwin believed that an individual doesn't evolve; populations do. ... Evolution maps out lines of descent, or lineages, which connect all of the past and present's species. ... It may also reveal similar structures shared as a result of descent from a common ancestor. ...

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It was continued by such men as Ernest Lavisse, Charles Seignobos, and Achille Luchaire, who were among those who turned history into a wide study. 11 In the 19th cent. the history of the nation state became the dominant form of history writing. ... Turner, emphasized social and economic factors in explaining historical development, as did the "new history- of James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. ...

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