Why was Darwin's theory controversial in the 1800s?
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Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Different characteristics tend to exist within any given population as a result of mutation, genetic recombination and other sources of genetic variation. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection (including sexual selection) and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or rare within a population. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms and molecules.
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Darwin explained the survival of many species in harsh conditions through a process of natural selection. Though he never never advocated the idea of human intervention in the process of selection which was totally natural, his ideas were used by racial thinkers to explain their imperial rule and the hegemony of whites over certain races.