who is darwin and what is his theory?
Naturalist
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 Darwin 's theory of evolution is based on key facts and the inferences drawn from them , which biologist Ernst Mayr summarised as follows : 

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 Darwinism became a movement covering a wide range of evolutionary ideas . In 1863 Lyell 's Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man popularised prehistory , though his caution on evolution disappointed Darwin . Weeks later Huxley 's Evidence as to Man 's Place in Nature showed that anatomically , humans are apes , then The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates provided empirical evidence of natural selection . Lobbying brought Darwin Britain 's highest scientific honour , the Royal Society 's Copley Medal , awarded on 3 November 1864 . That day , Huxley held the first meeting of what became the influential " X Club " devoted to " science , pure and free , untrammelled by religious dogmas " . By the end of the decade most scientists agreed that evolution occurred , but only a minority supported Darwin 's view that the chief mechanism was natural selection . 

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 Darwin theorized that species and breeds developed through the processes of natural selection and artificial selection or selective breeding . Genetic drift was embraced as an additional mechanism of evolutionary development in the modern synthesis of the theory . 

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 Darwin 's fame and popularity led to his name being associated with ideas and movements that , at times , had only an indirect relation to his writings , and sometimes went directly against his express comments . 

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