Charles Darwin

'The Catholic church has absolutely no view on 'Darwin's Theory of Evolution' or 'Darwinism' what is commonly believed by the magistarium is that one should not necessarily take the Bible in a literal sense ...'
-An excerpt from Robert Richard's, The Meaning of Evolution.
Charles Darwin, a British naturalist has revolutionized biological and genetic studies with his new idea of 'Natural Selection.' His theory on evolution, which held that a species had emerged from preexisting or 'basic' forms. His liberal ideas in Natural History had aroused several disagreements among scientists and caused a division among them. In cognizance to Darwin's theory(ies) scientists today gives him the credit as being the first in all time to explain some of the disagreements between geologists. Some of these where how some rock layers were higher than others in some are but in other areas they were lower.
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