context: Documentation of the facts of evolution is carried out by a branch of biology called evolutionary biology. This branch also develops and tests theories that explain the causes of evolution. Studies of the fossil record and the biodiversity of living organisms have convinced scientists in the mid-19th century that species change over time. [5] [6] However, the mechanism driving this change remained unclear until the 1859 publication by Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, which explained in detail the theory of evolution through natural selection. [7] Darwin's work was immediately followed by the acceptance of the theory of evolution in the scientific community. [8] [9] [10] [11] In 1930, Darwin's theory of natural selection was combined with Mendelian inheritance theory, forming a synthesis of modern evolution, [12] which connected the evolutionary unit (genes) with the mechanism of evolution (natural selection). The strength of the explanation and prediction of this theory encourages research that continuously raises new questions, where it has become a central principle of modern biology that provides a more comprehensive explanation of biodiversity on earth. [9] [10] [13]
question: What is meant by evolutionary biology?
answers.text: Documentation of the facts of evolution