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This 6 page paper considers the books "Origin of Species" and "Brave New World" and which one most closely approximates today's society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Huxley explored the theme in fiction. This paper considers the books and which one most closely approximates todays society. Discussion Charles Darwin published Origin of Species in 1859 and
ignited a controversy that continues to this day. In the book, "Darwin makes one long argument for his theory that groups of organisms ... rather than individual organisms, gradually
evolve through the process of natural selection" (for his theory that groups of organisms ... rather than individual organisms, gradually evolve through the process of natural selection" (The origin of
species, 2005). Darwin also introduced "natural selection" itself in the book (The origin of species, 2005). In actual fact, the idea of evolution is as old as the Greeks
and Romans, but with the rise of Christianity the evolutionary school of thought was brushed aside by the Creationists who believed that humans were created, not evolved (The origin of
species, 2005). It takes some fancy footwork to ignore scientific evidence, but fortunately the Christians were up to the task. For example, "extinction of species were explained by
catastrophism, the belief that animals and plants were periodically annihilated as a result of natural catastrophes and that their places were taken by new species created ex nihilo (out of
nothing)" (The origin of species, 2005). But this was countered by "James Huttons uniformitarian theory of 1785 [which] envisioned gradual development over aeons of time" (The origin of species,
2005). Darwins celebrated voyage on the Beagle and his findings of the way species developed on the Galapagos Islands helped him develop and refine his theory, which he finally
presented in this form: "Species have great fertility. They make more offspring than can grow to adulthood. Populations remain roughly the same size, with modest fluctuations. Food resources are
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