Darwinian evolution
Survival-based species change
Darwinian evolution is the theory that species change over time through natural selection—organisms with traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully, passing those traits to offspring.
The process is gradual and unguided, requiring no designer.
Antibiotic resistance is Darwinian evolution in action.
The term sometimes distinguishes Darwin's original framework from later refinements like the modern synthesis.
- origin of speciesText establishing evolutionary theory
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- artificial selectionHuman-controlled trait propagation
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
HMS Beagle · survival of the fittest · survival instinct · speciation · gradual change · mutation · genetic drift · Galápagos Islands · random mutation · gene flow · teleology · antibiotic resistance · epigenetics · Thomas Malthus · genomics · tree of life · fossil record · missing link
Darwinian evolutioncreationism
Divine origin doctrine
divine creation · special creation · intelligent design · creation science · spontaneous generation
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