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the doctrine that all living things are biological descendants of common ancestors that have been modified by unguided variations and natural selection
'''Darwinism''', named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], holds that [[natural selection]] in combination with random [[mutation]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref>
'''Darwinism''' "is the doctrine that all living things are biological descendants of [[common ancestors]] that have been modified by [[unguided variations]] and [[natural selection]]." [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/01/art_as_lust015681.html]
It is named for the nineteenth-century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], who held that [[natural selection]] in combination with random [[mutation]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref>
The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref>
The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref>