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Uppsala, Sweden. Occupation. Professor, Idea historian, Author. Nationality. Swedish. Karin Johannisson (11 October 1944 – November 2016) was a Swedish idea historian who was Professor of the History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University. [1] She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences .
e. On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) [3] is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. It was published on 24 November 1859. [4]
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
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The theory was first set out in detail in Darwin's book On the Origin of Species. Evolution by natural selection is established by observable facts about living organisms: (1) more offspring are often produced than can possibly survive; (2) traits vary among individuals with respect to their morphology, physiology, and behaviour; (3) different ...
Oct 11, 2023 · Abstract. Understanding Evolution in Darwin’s “Origin”: The Emerging Context of Evolutionary Thinking aims to encourage the reading of On the Origin of Species and to include it in the teaching of evolution. With a comprehensive overview of the development of Darwin’s theory, the volume provides relevant aspects of Darwin’s life and ...
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Dec 19, 2020 · Speciation is frequently initiated but rarely completed, a phenomenon hypothesized to arise due to the failure of nascent lineages to persist. Although a failure to persist often has ecological causes, key gaps exist between ecological and evolutionary theories that, if filled, would clarify when and why speciation succeeds or fails. Here, we apply ecological coexistence theory to show how the ...
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The theory of evolution is the unifying theory of biology, meaning it is the framework within which biologists ask questions about the living world. Its power is that it provides direction for predictions about living things that are borne out in experiment after experiment. The Ukrainian-born American geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky famously ...
Jan 30, 2020 · Although he did employ any strict definitional terminology in the Origin, it is evident that Darwin recognized that species could evolve in a number of different ways.For example, they could evolve in a very gradual linear manner while remaining in the same location (straight-line evolution); they could evolve more quickly upon reaching a new geographical area; they could evolve in response to ...
