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The [[Theory#Science|theory]] of evolution by natural selection was first proposed by [[Charles Darwin]] and [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] and set out in detail in Darwin's 1859 book ''[[The Origin of Species|On the Origin of Species]]''. On the Origin of Species [http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=text&pageseq=16]. Related earlier ideas were acknowledged in http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F381&viewtype=text&pageseq=20] In the 1930s, Darwinian natural selection was combined with [[Gregor Mendel|Mendelian]] [[Mendelian inheritance|inheritance]] to form the [[modern evolutionary synthesis]], "understanding evolution"  in which the connection between the ''units'' of evolution ([[gene]]s) and the ''mechanism'' of evolution (natural selection) was made. This powerful explanatory and [[predictive power|predictive]] theory has become the central organizing principle of modern biology, providing a unifying explanation for the [[biodiversity|diversity of life]] on Earth. [http://www.interacademies.net/Object.File/Master/6/150/Evolution%20statement.pdf] Statement on the Teaching of Evolution, The Interacademy Panel on International Issues, *http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/pdf/0219boardstatement.pdf] Statement on the Teaching of Evolution, American Association for the Advancement of Science.  

The [[Theory#Science|theory]] of evolution by natural selection was first proposed by [[Charles Darwin]] and [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] and set out in detail in Darwin's 1859 book ''[[The Origin of Species|On the Origin of Species]]''. On the Origin of Species [http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=text&pageseq=16]. Related earlier ideas were acknowledged in http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F381&viewtype=text&pageseq=20] In the 1930s, Darwinian natural selection was combined with [[Gregor Mendel|Mendelian]] [[Mendelian inheritance|inheritance]] to form the [[modern evolutionary synthesis]], "understanding evolution"  in which the connection between the ''units'' of evolution ([[gene]]s) and the ''mechanism'' of evolution (natural selection) was made. This powerful explanatory and [[predictive power|predictive]] theory has become the central organizing principle of modern biology, providing a unifying explanation for the [[biodiversity|diversity of life]] on Earth. [http://www.interacademies.net/Object.File/Master/6/150/Evolution%20statement.pdf] Statement on the Teaching of Evolution, The Interacademy Panel on International Issues, [http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/pdf/0219boardstatement.pdf] Statement on the Teaching of Evolution, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

Tree of Life: the first-known sketch by Charles Darwin of an evolutionary tree describing the relationships among groups of organisms.

==Heredity==

==Heredity==