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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> | ||
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The modern version of the [[theory of evolution]], based on Darwin's original theory, is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]". | The modern version of the [[theory of evolution]], based on Darwin's original theory, is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]". | ||
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Darwinism, named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist Charles Darwin, holds that natural selection in combination with random mutation 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]
A popular documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, aptly described how Adolph Hitler followed Darwin's ideas to their logical conclusion: the wholesale slaughter of millions of people.
The modern version of the theory of evolution, based on Darwin's original theory, is sometimes called "Neo-Darwinism".