Vinod Kumar Mishra
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An English naturalist and geologist; best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descen
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ded over time from common ancestors; and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection; in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.
Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species; overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s; the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However; many favoured competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form; Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences; explaining the diversity of life.
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Science & Technology
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Biography & Autobiography
Science & Technology
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Philosophical & Existential
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Publisher
Prabhat Prakashan
Month-Year
Jan, 2009
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9788188266500
ISBN-10: 8188266507
Language
Hindi
No. of Pages
8
Format
Hardcover
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