Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82)

By Bowler, Peter J.

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859) popularized the theory that all living things have evolved by natural processes from pre-existing forms. This displaced the traditional belief that ...

Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82)

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859) popularized the theory that all living things have evolved by natural processes from preexisting forms. This displaced the traditional belief ...