Darwin's theory of evolution

Haeckel's illustration of human evolution

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Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's theory explains how evolution occurs. Individuals naturally vary in traits in a population. With limited resources, competition exists in which those better adapted - with beneficial traits suited to the environment - are more likely to obtain resources, survive, reproduce, and pass traits to offspring over successive generations. This natural selection of advantageous traits leads species to evolve over time.

Darwin Day commemorates the birth of naturalists and geologist Charles Darwin in 1809.

Evolution, theory in biology postulating that the various types of living things on Earth have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations. The theory of evolution is one of the fundamental keystones of modern biological theory.

Explaining Charles Darwin's finches and how the study of them on the Galapagos Islands and South American mainland led to the theory of evolution.

1 NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS: Standard 4: The Living Environment: Key Idea 3: Individual organisms and species change over time

Here you can see a cool infographic about the Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin. Source: Mocomi