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Evolution, Natural selection and Darwinism  

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Evolution, Natural selection and Darwinism Introduction Evolution refers to the processes that have transformed life on Earth from its earliest forms to the vast diversity that characterizes today. Up until eighteenth century, biology in Europe and America was dominated by natural theology. People believed that a supernatural being like God created each and every species as it is now for a particular purpose, at a particular time. However there are differences in people's interpretation of the length of the "day" mentioned in Genesis. Some Christians believe that the day was of 24hours and the world was created in 6 days. In 1650AD, Archbishop Ussher of Armagh calculated that God, created the world in October 4004BC, beginning on October the 1st and finishing with Man at 9:00am, which is not possible as we have no, archaeological evidence that suggest that a civilised life was...

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