Evolution & Charles Darwin

Posted by Tami Port Mar 18, 2008

Genetics & Evolution now has a collection of new and recent articles exploring the theory of evolution and Charles Darwin' discovery of natural selection.

People typically associate the name Charles Darwin with the concept of evolution, but Darwin was certainly not the first to understand that populations of organisms change over time. His groundbreaking contribution came in discovering how evolution occurred, its mechanisms of action – natural selection.

The link Darwin, Evolution and Natural Selection will take you to a collection of articles on the history of evolutionary thinking, what lead Darwin to his pivotal discovery as well as explain how natural selection works as a shaper of traits.