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Categories: History of evolutionary biology, Biology theories, Articles with short description, Charles Darwin, Use British English from August 2010
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Darwinism  Charles Darwin's theory of evolution  Darwin's theory  Darwin's theory of evolution  Darwinian evolution
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A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection WordNet 3.0
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Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Wikipedia
Theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection Wikidata
The principles of natural selection set out in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859), more strictly defined by August Weismann and developed by other authors into a central part of the modern evolutionary synthesis. Wiktionary
Principles of natural selection. Wiktionary (translation)