Listen to a Podcast About Evolution

Understand Darwin's theory and its modern synthesis — natural selection, genetic drift, speciation, and the tree of life. Explore how evolution shapes every living organism on Earth.

Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, introducing natural selection as the mechanism of evolution — a book that sold out its first print run of 1,250 copies on the day of release and permanently altered humanity's understanding of its place in the natural world. The Modern Synthesis of the 1930s through 1950s, led by scientists like Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and R.A. Fisher, unified Darwin's observations with Mendelian genetics, population genetics, and paleontology into a comprehensive evolutionary framework. Today, genomic sequencing allows scientists to trace evolutionary relationships with unprecedented precision, revealing that humans share approximately 98.7% of their DNA with chimpanzees, 60% with fruit flies, and even 50% with bananas — underscoring the deep common ancestry of all life on Earth.

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