While the term Darwinism had been used previously to refer to the work of Erasmus Darwin in the late 18th century, the term as understood today was introduced when Charles Darwin 's book On the Origin of Species was reviewed by Thomas Henry Huxley in the April issue of the Westminster Review.
What if the orbit of Darwinism should be a little too circular? Twenty years hence naturalists may be in a position to say whether this is, or is not, the case; but in either event they will owe the author of "The Origin of Species" an immense debt of gratitude And viewed as a whole, we do not believe that, since the publication of Von Baer's "Researches on Development," thirty years ago, any work has appeared calculated to exert so large an influence, not only on the future of Biology, but in extending the domination of Science over regions of thought into which she has, as yet, hardly penetrated.
One of the more prominent approaches was that summed in the phrase " survival of the fittest " by the philosopher Herbert Spencer , which was later taken to be emblematic of Darwinism even though Spencer's own understanding of evolution was more similar to that of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck than to that of Darwin, and predated the publication of Darwin's theory.
What is now called " Social Darwinism " was, in its day, synonymous with "Darwinism" — the application of Darwinian principles of "struggle" to society, usually in support of anti- philanthropic political agendas. Another interpretation, one notably favoured by Darwin's half-cousin Francis Galton , was that Darwinism implied that because natural selection was apparently no longer working on "civilized" people it was possible for "inferior" strains of people who would normally be filtered out of the gene pool to overwhelm the "superior" strains, and voluntary corrective measures would be desirable — the foundation of eugenics.
In Darwin's day there was no rigid definition of the term "Darwinism", and it was used by opponents and proponents of Darwin's biological theory alike to mean whatever they wanted it to in a larger context. The ideas had international influence, and Ernst Haeckel developed what was known as Darwinismus in Germany , although, like Spencer Haeckel's "Darwinism" had only a rough resemblance to the theory of Charles Darwin, and was not centered on natural selection at all.
While the reaction against Darwin's ideas is nowadays often thought to have been widespread immediately, in Alfred Russel Wallace went on a lecture tour across the United States, starting in New York and going via Boston, Washington, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska to California, lecturing on what he called Darwinism without any problems. In this usage, the term has connotations of atheism.
However, Darwinism is also used neutrally within the scientific community to distinguish modern evolutionary theories from those first proposed by Darwin, as well as by historians to differentiate it from other evolutionary theories from around the same period.
For example, Darwinism may be used to refer to Darwin's proposed mechanism of natural selection , in comparison to more recent mechanisms such as genetic drift and gene flow. It may also refer specifically to the role of Charles Darwin as opposed to others in the history of evolutionary thought — particularly contrasting Darwin's results with those of earlier theories such as Lamarckism or later ones such as the modern synthesis.
In the United Kingdom the term retains its positive sense as a reference to natural selection, and for example Richard Dawkins wrote in his collection of essays A Devil's Chaplain , published in , that as a scientist he is a Darwinist.
The individual having the best characteristics for success in the struggle to survive will be more likely to reproduce and pass those characteristics on to the next generation. Natural selection is the most important mechanism when discussing Darwin's theory of evolution because it is the process that Darwin believed to explain adaptation. It is the retainment of structures that are advantageous to a species and allows it to better compete and survive in the world.
Natural selection weeds out all the organisms that are unfit to survive and helps the fit to survive. Natural Selection helps the ones that are most equipped to survive their environment.
The variety that existed among pigeons because of selective breeding helped him form his opinion and theory of evolution. Descent with modification is the first element of Darwin's theory discussed in The Origin of Species. Darwin proposed that newer organisms are modified versions of their ancestors. Darwin theorized that all of the finches he observed on the Galapagos Islands had descended from one common ancestor , which had originated on the mainland of South America.
Using that scenario as a model, he proposed that all living things are descendants of a single ancestral lifeform. Darwin used this theory to account for similarities between living organism and those in the fossil record.
There are several problems with Darwinism. One of the gaps in Darwinism is the complexity of organisms. The great strides we have made in sciences like molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics have shown us the marvelous complexity of the world we live in. We have found that there are a myriad of complex system at the cellular level. When Darwin was writing his book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life he said that if an organ was found that was so complex that it couldn't be formed by many gradual changes his theory would break down.
What science has found out today clearly qualifies as something that could break down his theory. In his book, Darwin laid out his theories and predicted that the very important evidence needed to support his theory would simply appear later.
He thought that the tremendous amount of missing transitional forms not found in the fossil record would be found in the future. After years of searching, scientists still haven't found the copious amount of transitional forms that Darwin claimed would be discovered.
Because of new information that has risen some of the classic evolutionary transitional forms have been discarded because of new information that has risen. If Darwinism were true many more transitional fossil would have been discovered, instead the fossil record shows support for the Genesis account of creation.
Darwinism changed the world drastically. It is almost certain that Darwin had no idea the influence that his book and ideas would have on the world. He did not know that many years after the publication of his book and after his death the moral impact that his theories would have on the world.
People found that Darwinism suited their own desires and led to a rejection of God and the Bible. Darwinism gave people an excuse to turn away from God and do as they please. People no longer follow the Judeo-Christian values and chose to do what they want.
Today more than ever the influence of Darwinism is clear. It allowed those who committed awful crimes against humanity to justify their actions to themselves and others. The Nazis thought they could take human evolution into their own hands and create the perfect race. The support that the Nazis received in Germany that other races were genetically inferior was resulted from the common belief that Darwinism was fact. Exam Schedule: There will be no make-up exams except for pre-approved, documentable absences.
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