Felix Qui Potuit Rerum Cognoscere Causas “Happy is He Who Has Been Able to Learn the Causes of Things” -Virgil Charles Darwin, with the publication of The Origin of Species, is recognized as the father of modern evolutionary theory. His revolutionary beliefs and ideas were direct results of contributions to evolutionary thought spanning from ancient Greece to the nineteenth century. These influences included great minds such as Carolus Linnaeus, Erasmus Darwin, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, and …showed first 75 words of 1719 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1719 total…of evolution, such as his project in which he studied several generations of peppered moths in Britain. In conclusion, Darwin’s theory of natural selection was a pivotal scientific triumph, and it influenced people from all walks of life. Without the hard work of Darwin’s precursors, his theory of evolution by natural selection would have never accomplished, and people everywhere would be ignorant to the fact that we gradually evolved from much simpler species.