Evolutionary Ideas and Darwinism
Channel: That Bio Doc
Date: 2021-01-29

Charles Darwin didn't invent the concept of evolution. In fact, evolutionary thought had been around since ancient Greece, and perhaps even before that. In fact, Charles Darwin's own grandfather had expressed ideas about evolution decades before Charles published On the Origin of Species. What Darwin did do, however, is provide a comprehensive body of evidence in support of evolutionary theory and propose the true mechanism by evolutionary change occurs - natural selection. In this video, That Bio Doc introduces you to early evolutionary ideas and describes how Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle, as well as the writings of other brilliant contemporaries, led to the development of modern evolutionary theory.