The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

Yet modern biology has revealed that cells are preternaturally sophisticated assemblages — literally automated, miniaturized factories. How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy ...

Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals—short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form—have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published research ...

A new article examines the question of what Darwinism is and how its nonscientific uses relate to the scientific theory of evolution. The authors observe that while some people claim Darwinism's ...

Naturalists Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin both presented the theory of evolution at the same time in 1858. They thus changed both the course of biology and how we understand the natural ...

1. Origins and the Greeks / Jeremy Kirby -- 2. Evolution before Darwin / Michael Ruse -- 3. Charles Darwin's geology : the root of his philosophy of the earth / David Norman -- 4. Looking back with ...

In honor of Darwin Day Feb. 12, CU Boulder evolutionary biologist Daniel Medeiros explains what we get right and wrong about Darwinism For evolutionary biologists, the big day is imminent. No, not ...

Hot on the heels of Darwin Day, scientists following the cultural debate over teaching evolution say focusing on Charles Darwin might be exactly the wrong thing to do. And based on the different ...

A recent book on evolutionary theory fails to reckon with the social side of natural selection. In 1904, thousands of indigenous people were brought to the St. Louis World’s Fair to be put on public ...