Learn about Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle and his ideas about evolution and natural selection.

Darwin had arrived at a complete theory of evolution by 1839, but it was to be another 20 years before he published his ideas of evolution through natural selection in his epochal book On the Origin of …

Darwin's theory was based on the mechanism of natural selection, which explains how populations can evolve in such a way that they become better suited to their environments over time.

Darwin définit l' évolution comme étant une "descendance avec modification". L'idée est que les espèces changent au fil du temps, donnent naissance à de nouvelles espèces, et partagent un …

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection underlies all modern biology. It enables us to decipher our genes and fight viruses, as well as to understand Earth's fossil record and rich biodiversity.

Evidence for evolution: anatomy, molecular biology, biogeography, fossils, & direct observation.

Darwin imagine l' évolution comme une "descendance avec modification", un processus au cours duquel les espèces changent et donnent naissance à de nouvelles espèces au fil des générations.

By John F. Haught Nothing in contemporary science has proved more challenging to religious believers than evolutionary biology. Disputes about the religious and theological implications of Darwin’s ideas …

Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution and explains how species adapt to their environment over time through variations in traits. Examples include the peppered moth adapting to industrial pollution, …

During his voyage on the Beagle, Darwin noticed that fossil remains and modern species found on the same continent resembled each other very closely. What was his explanation for the appearance of …