Difference between revisions of "Darwinism"
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| − | '''Darwinism''', named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], holds that [[natural selection]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]]. [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism] | + | '''Darwinism''', named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], holds that [[natural selection]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]]. <ref> [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism]</ref> |
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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> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Theory of evolution]] | *[[Theory of evolution]] | ||
*[[Evolutionism]] | *[[Evolutionism]] | ||
Revision as of 12:38, March 15, 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]