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What is evolution in biology?

In biology, evolution is the change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

Who wrote about evolution?

A number of Arab Muslim scholars wrote about evolution, most notably Ibn Khaldun, who wrote the book Muqaddimah in 1377 AD, in which he asserted that humans developed from "the world of the monkeys", in a process by which "species become more numerous". The "New Science" of the 17th century rejected the Aristotelian approach.

What is the difference between evolution and diversity?

Biological evolution is a process of descent with modification. Lineages of organisms change through generations; diversity arises because the lineages that descend from common ancestors diverge through time.

How did humans evolve?

human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. Viewed zoologically, we humans are Homo sapiens, a culture -bearing upright-walking species that lives on the ground and very likely first evolved in Africa about 315,000 years ago.