Sentences with phrase «theories of animal origins»

Darwin's observations pushed him to a disturbing realization — the Victorian - era theories of animal origins were all wrong.

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For those of us who are comfortable with a theory of evolution that acknowledges the common origin of the human and animal kingdoms, the scientific evidence that corroborates this syndrome of dominance in the mythic Genesis accounts is of special interest.

The term moderate evolution might therefore be applied to a theory which simply inquires into the biological reality of man in accordance with the formal object of the biological sciences as defined by their methods and which affirms a real genetic connection between that human biological reality and the animal kingdom, but which also in accordance with the fundamental methodological principles of those sciences, can not and does not attempt to assert that it has made a statement adequate to the whole reality of man and to the origin of this whole reality.

The first chapter of «On the Origin of Species» discusses the domestication of animals such as as pigeons, cattle and dogs, and Darwin then uses artificial selection as a springboard to introduce the theory of natural selection.

Endosymbiotic theory, that attempts to explain the origins of eukaryotic cell organelles such as mitochondria in animals and fungi and chloroplasts in plants was greatly advanced by the seminal work of biologist Lynn Margulis in the 1960s.

Darwin, who studied both living animals and the fossil record of past life, established the modern theory of evolution via natural selection when he published his book, «The Origin of Species.»

Animal homeopathic therapy has its origins in a theory of healing proposed by German physician Samual Hahnemann in the 19th century.

In a time when there are still institutions that won't teach Darwin's theories of natural selection (alongside it's perfect partner, random genetic mutation) instead favouring ideas of creationism, we're taking the time to honour the unique animals of the Galápagos Islands that helped inspire the game - changing, «On the Origin of Species».