Darwin was not the first to propose that organisms evolve.Rather,he proposed a novel idea of what mechanism caused organisms to change over time.By what means did he propose that organisms evolve?

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Darwin proposed natural selection as the mechanism for how organisms evolve over time. Natural selection is the process by which organisms with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits onto their offspring. This results in a gradual change in the characteristics of a population over time.

Darwin Was Not the First to Propose That Organisms Evolve