Darwinism

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biological theory scientific theory theory of evolution

Darwinism is the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection, explaining how species change over time through heritable variation and differential survival and reproduction.

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Label Occurrences
Darwinism canonical 11
Darwinian evolution 4
Darwinian natural selection 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biological theory ⓘ
scientific theory ⓘ
theory of evolution ⓘ
associatedWork On the Origin of Species ⓘ
assumes inheritance of traits ⓘ
struggle for existence ⓘ
variation within populations ⓘ
componentOf modern evolutionary theory ⓘ
contrastsWith Lamarckism ⓘ
creationism ⓘ
intelligent design ⓘ
coreConcept descent with modification ⓘ
differential reproduction ⓘ
differential survival ⓘ
heritable variation ⓘ
natural selection ⓘ
criticizedFor social Darwinism misinterpretations ⓘ
domain biology ⓘ
evidenceFrom biogeography ⓘ
comparative anatomy ⓘ
embryology ⓘ
fossil record ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
explains adaptation ⓘ
change in allele frequencies over time ⓘ
evolution of species ⓘ
speciation ⓘ
field evolutionary biology ⓘ
historicalForm classical Darwinism ⓘ
modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
surface form: neo-Darwinism
influenced evolutionary psychology ⓘ
modern evolutionary synthesis ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
sociobiology ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
mechanism natural selection ⓘ
sexual selection ⓘ
misappliedAs social Darwinism ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Darwin ⓘ
proposedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
publicationYear 1859 ⓘ
rejects fixity of species ⓘ
special creation of species ⓘ
relatedConcept adaptationism ⓘ
fitness ⓘ
survival of the fittest ⓘ
status central paradigm of evolutionary biology ⓘ
supports common descent ⓘ
gradual evolution ⓘ

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Charles Darwin → knownFor → Darwinism ⓘ
Social Darwinism → influencedBy → Darwinism ⓘ
On the Origin of Species → hasCentralConcept → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: theory of evolution by natural selection
Lamarckism → contrastsWith → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian natural selection
Alfred Russel Wallace → notableWork → Darwinism ⓘ
Genetics and the Origin of Species → integrates → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian natural selection
Down House → associatedWith → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: the theory of evolution by natural selection
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → subject → Darwinism ⓘ
Island Life → authorAlsoWrote → Darwinism ⓘ
Victorian literature → influencedBy → Darwinism ⓘ
Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte → associatedWith → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Darwinism
Kunstformen der Natur → associatedWith → Darwinism ⓘ
Luria–Delbrück experiment → relatedConcept → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian selection
aphorism "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" → relatedTo → Darwinism ⓘ
subject surface form: Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution
this entity surface form: Darwinian evolution
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection → relatedTo → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian natural selection
Vladimir Kovalevsky → movement → Darwinism ⓘ
Vladimir Kovalevsky → theoryApplied → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian evolution
The Growth of Biological Thought → focusesOn → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian revolution
Evolutionary Epistemology → influencedBy → Darwinism ⓘ
The Blind Watchmaker → mainSubject → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian evolution
Angels and Insects → hasSubject → Darwinism ⓘ
survival of the fittest → centralTo → Darwinism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darwinian evolution
Naturalism → influencedBy → Darwinism ⓘ
subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)