here he contended that Africa was the cradle of civilization. This work also met with opposition but because of the impact of his "revolutionary" initial work this opposition was comparatively muted11.A summary of the critical issues of Darwin's theory might be abridged into six concise point as follows:1 Variation among individuals of a species does not indicate deficient copies of an ideal prototype as suggested by the platonic notion of Eidos. The reverse is true: variation is integral to the evolutionary process.2 The fundamental struggle in nature occurs within single species population to obtain food, interbreed, and resist predation. The struggle between different species (ie. fox vs. hare) is less consequential.3 The only variations pertinent to evolution are those which are inherited.4 Evolution is an ongoing process which must span many moons to become detectably apparent.5 Complexity of a species may not necessarily increase with the evolutionary process - it may not change at all, even decrease.6 Predator and prey have no underlying purpose for maintenance of any type of balance - natural selection is opportunistic and irregular12.THE THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION: CONTRIBUTING ELEMENTSThe scientific range of biological evolution is remarkably vast and can be used to explain numerous observations within the field of biology. Generally, observation of any physical, behaviourial, or chemical change (adaptation) over time owing directly to considerable diversity of organisms can be attributed to biological evolution of species. It might also explain the location (distribution) of species throughout the planet.Naturalists can hypothesize that if organisms are evolving through time, then current species will differ considerably from their extinct ancestors. The theory of biological evolution brought about the idea for a record of the progressive changes an early, extinct species underwent. Through use of this fossil record paleo...
