theory of evolution
any scientific theory of biological evolution
Cultural group selection
Model of cultural evolution
cultural evolution
evolutionary theory of social change
alternatives to evolution by natural selection
list of alternatives to Darwinian Natural Selection
extended evolutionary synthesis
set of theoretical concepts argued to be more comprehensive than the earlier modern synthesis of evolutionary biology that took place between 1918 and 1942
gene-centered view of evolution
since heritable information is passed from generation to generation almost exclusively by DNA, natural selection and evolution are best considered from the perspective of genes
Female Sabotage
Evolutionary Theory
modern evolutionary synthesis
early-20th-century scientific theory combining Darwinian evolution and Mendelian inheritance
phyletic gradualism
model of evolution which theorizes that most speciation is slow, uniform and gradual
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
Lamarckism
hypothesis that an organism can pass on characteristics that it has acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime to its offspring
evolutionism
term used (often derogatorily) to denote the theory of evolution
Neo-Darwinism
the current paradigm in evolutionary biology