---
title: "Father of evolution"  
description: "A short explanation about the father of evolution and his discovery"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-24  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2637/father-of-evolution  
category: "science and history"  
tags: ["Facts", "general knowledge", "evolution"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# Father of evolution

![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/b5afc158-91ae-4bdc-907f-7b0bb2fad3fc.jpeg) ![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/a64035c2-4670-483d-af44-2e0e2247fe35.jpeg) Charles Darwin is known as the "Father of Evolution." ![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/24410372-ec4a-45de-b561-64155bbaca77.jpeg) He was an English biologist who created the theory of evolution by natural selection. ![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/dc0c6035-fd38-4585-bfb2-2503f206f33a.jpeg) In 1859, he published his theory in his book "On the Origin of Species." ![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/e481fe88-0273-49fb-9603-83d8e093a0a1.jpeg) Natural selection can cause population changes in a species over time, as individuals with the most favourable features become more common. ![Father of evolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f2ef4e1b-00ba-4024-9037-cb644f212398/images/20a8cd02-0cc5-4a77-a3aa-49f779225a0a.jpeg) These modifications may potentially result in the formation of new species.

---

Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2637/father-of-evolution

Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.