School Bias PING!
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I know I am going to take some flak from the creationists on this site (and probably a few "evolutionists"), but here's the deal: Charles Darwin never discovered a "theory of evolution". Evolution is not a theory. Charles Darwin came up with the Theory of Natural Selection as a possible explanation for the observed phenomena of evolution. Another theory for a mechanism behind evolution was the Aquired Characteristics theory of Lamarck.
Neither Lamarck, nor Darwin, were theorizing that evolution happened. They both knew damn well evolution happened simply by looking at the fossil record and the variations between related species. They both theorized possible means to explain how evolution happens. Lamarck was completely wrong. Darwin's theory of Natural Selection was closer to the mark. He didn't know of DNA or genetics, and he was also wrong about the Uniformatarianism ideas put forth by the geologist Lyell, but Darwins core theory has proven largely correct. With slight modifications by other scientists, notably Stephen Goulds theory of Punctuated Equilibrium, Darwin's Natural Selection model is probably quite close to how evolution actually happens.
Unfortunately, you're not going to see this in most modern high school textbooks. They just simplify to "Darwin == Evolution" and turn it into dogma. They really just add to the confusion and ignorance regarding evolution and Darwin. And that is never a good thing (it tends to give people nasty ideas like forced eugenics and the holocaust).