Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution through the process of natural selection. Herbert Spencer was the major philosopher of biological and social evolution. Spencer's work significantly influenced 19th century developments in biology, psycho...

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the debate over evolution versus intelligent design appears to be how two individuals can consider the exact same evidence – a beautiful sunset, for example, or a baby's laugh -- to arrive a diametrically opposite conclusions concerning how the worl...

On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, is a scientific abstract about revolutionary ideas on evolution and the diversity of species from the evolutionary process. This book was originally a personal journal while Darwin was touring onboard the ship H.M.S. Beagle as the naturalist. The ship s...

Charles Darwin (1809-82) Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1809. His mother died when he was eight years old, leaving his sister to look after him. He originally went to school in Shrewsbury, then was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine. After realizing that medicine wasn'...

Charles Darwin Charles Darwin was the first evolutionary biologist, and was the first person to start studying the evolution theory. His views were never accepted during his life and were often attacked at times. But Darwin wasn't one to stand down he defended his views no matter who was...