Every year on 12 February Darwin Day is celebrated ... Let us tell you that the theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859.

Intelligent Design on Trial" reveals how genetic evidence helped to confirm an important component of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection: the common ancestry of humans and apes.

But there is another, more compelling reason for why life history evolution is important: adaptation by natural selection is based ... Nature Education Knowledge 1(12):1 (2010).

Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes ...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection made us rethink our place in the world. The idea that humans shared a common ancestor with apes was a challenge to the foundations of ...