Who presented the scientific theory of evolution?

Correct answer: Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin presented the theory of evolution by natural selection in “On the Origin of Species” (1859).

Background: Darwin sailed on HMS Beagle.

• Mendel: Mendel is known for the laws of heredity.
• Lamarck: Lamarck proposed an earlier, different idea of evolution.
• Wallace: Alfred Russel Wallace proposed natural selection independently, but Darwin is credited with the full theory.

Did you know? Natural selection is called “survival of the fittest”.

Memory trick: Darwin = natural selection.