Assertion: natural selection's theory | /r/HasProperty | formed without any precedent
Facets:
value: in scientific history
type: TEMPORAL
value: fully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The genius of Darwin (left), the way in which he suddenly turned all of biology upside down in 1859 with the publication of the Origin of Species, can sometimes give the misleading impression that the theory of evolution sprang from his forehead fully formed without any precedent in scientific history.