Charles Darwin's argument for evolution by natural selection — the most influential scientific work of the 19th century and the foundation of modern biology.
All species share common descent; natural selection acts on heritable variation to produce adaptation; the tree of life is explicable without supernatural design; geological time provides the medium for gradual change.
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