[WildHorseCrash]

"You're engaging in the historicism that was being mocked just upthread... Either that, or you're seeking to diminish the importance of Darwin in authoring the theory of evolution, for the petty reason of covering for your own historical error."

You simply have your facts wrong. Darwin's theory was the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. The "evolution" part was well known pre-Darwin. It was the "natural selection" part was the new and important thing.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Darwin's theory was the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. The "evolution" part was well known pre-Darwin."

Please name the scientific theory of evolution that predated Darwin, and the purported means to accomplish that evolution.