Individuals within a population have different traits. Inheritance: These traits can be passed to offspring.
Darwin’s genius lay in identifying how this change happened. He called it . The logic was simple but brutal: Charles Darwin: Origin of Species
In November 1859, a book was published that fundamentally altered how humanity perceives its place in the universe. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species wasn’t just a scientific text; it was a conceptual earthquake that replaced the idea of static, "specially created" life with a dynamic vision of a world in constant flux. The Spark of an Idea Individuals within a population have different traits