Sorry, but you can get an advanced degree in mathematics and engineering without understanding the basic principles of evolution (both the process and the theory), but doing so in a life science is difficult, if not impossible. Determining the evolutionary relationships of a specific protein across different species was an integral part of my doctoral research and remains a fundamental function of a large body of biological research.
Also, FYI, the concept of evolution is thousands of years old. Darwin did not invent evolution, any more than Watson invented DNA.
Thousands of years old?