generations. The process of evolution has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation. The scientific theory of evolution by natural...

Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms...

scientists and philosophers of science have described evolution as fact and theory, a phrase which was used as the title of an article by paleontologist...

The Theory of Evolution is a book by English evolutionary biologist and geneticist John Maynard Smith, originally published in 1958 in time for 150th...

theories of genetics. The union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in classical genetics formed the modern synthesis of the...

Lamarck (1744–1829) proposed his theory of the transmutation of species, the first fully formed theory of evolution. In 1858 Charles Darwin and Alfred...

Evolution Theory may refer to: Evolution theory, change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations Evolution...

Sociocultural evolution, sociocultural evolutionism or social evolution are theories of sociobiology and cultural evolution that describe how societies...

reject the theory of evolution because it is in conflict with their central belief of creationism. For example, countries having such groups include the United...

The hologenome theory of evolution recasts the individual animal or plant (and other multicellular organisms) as a community or a "holobiont" – the host...

The neutral theory of molecular evolution holds that most evolutionary changes occur at the molecular level, and most of the variation within and between...

When Charles Darwin published his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, his theory of evolution (the idea that species arose through descent with modification...

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid...

The gene-centered view of evolution, gene's eye view, gene selection theory, or selfish gene theory holds that adaptive evolution occurs through the differential...

Devolution, de-evolution, or backward evolution (not to be confused with dysgenics) is the notion that species can revert to supposedly more primitive...

and theological rejection of evolution by religious groups exists regarding the origins of the Earth, of humanity, and of other life. In accordance with...

Evolutionism is a term used (often derogatorily) to denote the theory of evolution. Its exact meaning has changed over time as the study of evolution...

The Catholic Church holds no official position on the theory of creation or evolution, leaving the specifics of either theistic evolution or literal creationism...

compatible with the findings of modern science, including evolution. Theistic evolution is not in itself a scientific theory, but includes a range of views about...

In evolutionary biology, the Baldwin effect describes an effect of learned behaviour on evolution. James Mark Baldwin and others suggested that an organism's...

elements of the theory of evolution, some holding the belief of the supremacy of God in the process. Some scholars suggested that both narratives of creation...

integration of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection with Gregor Mendel's theory of genetics. It mostly refers to evolutionary theory from...

Cultural evolution is an evolutionary theory of social change. It follows from the definition of culture as "information capable of affecting individuals'...

geological time harmonized with Genesis through gap or day-age theory, while supporting anti-evolution. Modern old-Earth creationists support progressive creationism...

overview of the subject of biological evolution Evolution – Change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations Evolution as fact and theory –...

Macroevolution usually means the evolution of large-scale structures and traits that go significantly beyond the intraspecific variation found in microevolution...

application of game theory to evolution with George R. Price, and theorised on other problems such as the evolution of sex and signalling theory. John Maynard...

Evolution and the Theory of Games is a book by the British evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith on evolutionary game theory. The book was initially...

sometimes very widely held, explanations. Because the theory of evolution includes an explanation of humanity's origins, it has had a profound impact on...

Jewish views on evolution includes a continuum of views about the theory of evolution, experimental evolution, the origin of life, age of the universe, evolutionary...