Peter J Bowler, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001692
Charles Darwin is rightly regarded as the founder of modern evolution theory, although it is important to distinguish between his proposal of the theory of natural selection and his role in converting the scientific community to evolutionism. The general idea of evolution was soon accepted, but the selection theory remained controversial until the middle of the twentieth century.
Keywords: Darwin; Darwinism; evolution; natural selection; Origin of Species
| Further Reading | |
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