The History of Darwinism.

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An analysis of the work of Charles Darwin and its effects. Study of the development of Darwinism (the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection) from its original form through Neo-Darwinism, Mendelian and population genetics, the modern synthesis, and molecular genetics to current technologies like CRISPR. Covers social applications and pseudoscience such as Social Darwinism, phrenology, and eugenics, as well as present-day debates over the uses of molecular genetics.