Has the test of time diminished or disproved any of Darwin's views, thoughts, or evidence?

Question

These days Darwin is far in the background of evolution....T or F...........(just curious)

just to clear the air of the matter: I am not a fan but I am curious of how strong his standing is today

Answer 1

Unfortunately, I believe the test of time is irrelevant.
Those who believe Darwin's infant theory was right, will continue to defend it, and those who believe Darwin's theory to be wrong will continue to abhor it.
At best, even those who maintain (rightly so) that it is as yet unproven, will still be ridiculed by either side.

Interesting stuff indeed - not for dinner conversation that's for sure :)

(((((TTC)))))

Answer 2

Just like Pasteur is the father of all vaccines but was wrong on some of his theories, Darwin is the father of Evolution. It doesn't mean that all his views and points were right (he postulated the superiority of white males), but that he put down the frame and the idea of evolution which was then proved time and time again by later days searchers.

So as specific points were disproved his main idea was proved right and developed in ways even he probably never dreamed of.

Answer 3

My new research project involves doing computational models of evolution of simply phenotypes. This would not have been possible in the 19th century for many reasons.


Darwin was brilliant, and his idea about natural selection driving evolution is one of the most important ideas ever conceived, but we don't generally need to read Darwin correctly to do research on evolution these days. (For one thing, Darwin was a 19th century British guy, and he WROTE like a 19th century British guy.)

Every new discovery has confirmed evolution, even though not all of the details are exactly as Darwin envisioned things.

Answer 4

Darwin if the father of the theory, but it has expanded, corrected, and well, evolved into a full-fledged, proven scientific theory. So yes, the basic theory has stood the tests of time.

Edit:
In science, the person that started or first came up with a theory is acknowledged and occasionally there is some "hero worship", but they are not as significant as the facts, evidence and the continued development. A scientist may be a leading authority but they are not sacrosanct.

Answer 5

Darwin's contribution to science is even more solid than in was in the mid-19th century when Origin of Species was published. Evolution has now been supported by evidence that Darwin did not know about: namely biological information management (DNA plus RNA plus enzymes) and radiocarbon dating, which has significantly established the age of rock, sediment, fossils, and so forth.

So, now more than ever, Darwin is still the man!

Answer 6

the theory of evolution is the strongest scientific theory there is. just to note, a scientific theory is not the same as the common use 'theory' which means a guess. a scientific theory is based on substantial evidence.

the most compelling evidence for evolution is DNA sequence comparisons which weren't even around in Darwin's days. The theory has become stronger and stronger and permeates all branches of science, including medicine. modern medicine would be nothing without evolution.

Answer 7

Darwin started it all, and is given credit for it.. well, that's not fair. Aristotle started it all, and Darwin followed suit much later.
Yeah, he's still held in high regard, but the science of evolution has come a long way in his absence.

Answer 8

I am not educated - but Darwin is in background maybe because he is a proven fact, and as such is a starting foundation for new thoughts.
I await your finding.
(Placing this question in R&S may reduce scientists and others in fields that use Darwins work.)
I hope you do not get only his detractors.

Answer 9

He is held in higher regard than ever in the scientific community.

Some of his hypotheses were incorrect, but they were minor.

If not for Darwin, you probably would not have survived infancy since the medical sciences all rely on evolutionary biology.

Gene splicing from the gibbon apes has switched on the immune systems in so called "bubble boys".

Catch up to the world.

Darwin was and is right.

Answer 10

True.

Darwin set the framework for evolutionary thought, but never anticipated some findings. Mendelian genetics, and all life coming from a single common ancestor would have thrown him for a loop.