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Conservapedia:Evolution two (view source)
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The Theory of Evolution proposes that over a very long period of time the differences brought about by mutations which are found to be advantageous (through the process of natural selection) will result in the development of new species.
The Theory of Evolution proposes that over a very long period of time the differences brought about by mutations which are found to be advantageous (through the process of natural selection) will result in the development of new species.
== History ==
==The theory of evolution==
===History of the concept of evolution===
It has long been observed that parents can pass their physical characteristics on to their offspring. Farmers have bred animals on that basis for many centuries and they, along with, for example, dog and horse breeders, continue to do so today.
It has long been observed that parents can pass their physical characteristics on to their offspring. Farmers have bred animals on that basis for many centuries and they, along with, for example, dog and horse breeders, continue to do so today.
The mechanism by which those characteristics are acquired and passed on was only discovered relatively recently, but theories have existed for some time. One such theory was proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1774 - 1829). He believed that animals could acquire physical characteristics during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring<ref>''Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'' (1809)</ref>.
The mechanism by which those characteristics are acquired and passed on was only discovered relatively recently, but theories have existed for some time. One such theory was proposed by Jean Baptiste de Lamarck (1774 - 1829). He believed that animals could acquire physical characteristics during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring<ref>''Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'' (1809)</ref>.
===History of Darwin's theory of evolution===
==References==
==References==