Charles Darwin: "Natural Selection"

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College Composition I 17 November 2014 Charles Darwin: “Natural Selection” Science versus religion is a huge debate that is still going on today. Charles Darwin, a famous naturalist, proposed the idea of natural selection. Natural Selection is the process in which organisms learn to adapt to their environment in order to create offspring and survive. This theory was different from the existence theory because Darwin believed that animals adapted to their environment. Charles Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection continues to be controversial. Organisms are able to adapt to their environment over a period of time. Through analyzing Charles Darwin’s essay, Darwin implies that natural selection is an ongoing process that will never end. Natural selection is ongoing. “No country can be named in which all the native inhabitants are now so perfectly adapted to each other and to the physical conditions under which they live, that none of them could be still be better adapted or improved..” (Darwin 408). New variations of organisms are beneficial because it changes the characteristics of the species. These species are always improving overtime. Variation leads to new species. Species adapt to their environment by a hereditary process. These species do not rely on environmental adaption. They do this for their own good, so they can survive. Changes take place in organisms very frequently. “As we see that those variations which, under domestication, appear at any particular period of life, tend to reappear in the offspring at the same period…” (Darwin 410). Any mutation that appears is carried to the organism’s offspring. This can happen at any time. All variations must be good or else they will die. Man can make sure great variations are made by only mating the best of each organism. This eliminates the “bad” organisms. This takes place over a long period of time.

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