How have Human Beings evolved to their current position in the world
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How have Human Beings evolved to their current position in the world? According to Charles Darwin (1859), evolution is the process by which the human species has developed from other species by means of adaptation through natural selection. Darwin proposed this theory in his book "On the Origin of the Species"; his theory of evolution consists of variation, inheritance, competition, natural selection and finally adaptation. Darwin believed that individuals within a species differ from one another; some of this variation is inherited from their parents. Competition between individuals is inevitable as they must compete for the scarce recourses of food or mates. This is followed by natural selection, competition leads to individuals within the species with the best characteristics producing the most offspring, the individuals who are best adapted to their ecological niche will be the fittest as they are more likely to survive and therefore reproduce. Environmental change means...

