“Darwin’s theory” is natural selection, not evolution itself.
““Darwin’s theory” is natural selection, not evolution itself.”
What is “evolution itself”?
You might be right, but I’m unclear about you mean by “evolution itself.”
Darwin’s natural selection ( which actually is more akin to revealing of present but not prominent genetics, not the development of new DNA/genetics) begs that things varied over time as conditions dictated, some things in one area developed attributes to enable survival in that environment while identical forms in differing conditions developed other traits ( new DNA) to enable survival there, leading to specie separation if you will, where differences became so great as to define a distinct species. Never proven, just promulgated.
Evolution itself is that one distinct event horizon that resulted in the “spark” of life on earth from the morass and mixture of swap scum and methane ( ooops, that’s organic!) resulting in “life” The mysterious and chemically/environmentally unproveable basis of spontaneous evolution....
Of course, it becomes a viable theory if you inject the Martians sent a DNA probe to earth to “seed” the pond scum etc etc. That’s way more believable regarding origins ( until one with half a brain asks “so where did the Martians come from)?
Egads, It is a religion! I knew it! And they are more fervent than many of us that believe that an outside Creator made it all with the power of His voice alone! One begs for eons of death via trial and error and non-purpose and the other calls for Life and love and perseverance with a view for eternity. Guess which I chose to set my foundation on?
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)", published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › On_the_Origin_of_Species