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(The modern theory of evolution based on Darwin's idea is called "Neo-Darwinism" or more formally "neo-Darwinian synthesis".) |
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The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref> | The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref> | ||
| − | The modern [[theory of evolution]] based on Darwin's idea is called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]" or more formally " | + | The modern [[theory of evolution]] based on Darwin's idea is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]", or more formally "the modern synthesis". |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:28, April 8, 2008
Darwinism, named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist Charles Darwin, holds that natural selection is the directive or creative force of evolution. [1]
The theory of natural selection is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the theory of descent with modification.[2]
The modern theory of evolution based on Darwin's idea is sometimes called "Neo-Darwinism", or more formally "the modern synthesis".