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The clear answer is no. Charles Darwin didn’t invent the concept of evolution, and he himself rarely used the word. Nevertheless, the British naturalist is seen - rightly - as the creator of the theory of evolution, which explains to us the ’tribal’ development of biological species: phylogenesis.
’Evolution’ - from the Latin word ’e-volvere’ , to roll out (a scroll, for example) - has been used since the late 17th century to describe biological development. 150 years before Darwin, the term was applied to the individual development of an organism - ontogenesis. ...
