EVOLUTION
MODERN THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Darwin spent five years on scientific survey ship HMS Beagle, returning to England in 1836 and by 1838 he was beginning to formulate his natural selection theory. Yet it was not until 1859, after two decades of gestation and hesitation, that his transformative theory of evolution was published.
Detailed explanation-2: -1859: Darwin Published On the Origin of Species, Proposing Continual Evolution of Species. The first printing of Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, sold out in a matter of days.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Darwin returned to England, he rushed to publish his thoughts about evolution. Alfred Russel Wallace. The naturalist whose essay gave Darwin an incentive to publish his own work was who? A.
Detailed explanation-4: -Darwin thought that the society was not yet ready for his ideas, and he knew that there would be a lot of protest. What finally caused Darwin to publish this work was a letter from English naturalist Alfred Wallace, who knew that Darwin was interested in evolution. The letter came in June, 1858, from Malaya.