When did the idea of evolution begin?

See .... they did not know when the idea of evolution begin. What they have was different ideas.

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The idea of "evolution" (that things change over time) was originally proposed by the ancient Greeks. Anaximander (c. 610–546 BC) proposed that life had originally developed in the sea and only later moved onto land, and Empedocles (c. 490–430 BC) wrote of a non-supernatural origin for living things. Plato, however, popularised the idea of "essentialism", which holds that there are certain characteristics of things which are unalterable.

When Naturalism as a science began, and especially when paleontology first began, in the 1700s and 1800s, scientists began to change their view about this.

From their studies, they realised that populations of organisms change in their characteristics over time: and this is the definition of the biological process of evolution.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed his theory for explaining this ("Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics") in 1809, but this was recognised as not accurately describing the phenomenon.

In 1859, Charles Darwin wrote "On the Origin of Species", in which he formulated his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.

Though a great stride forward, this theory was incomplete, and it wasn't until the 1920s & 30s that his theory was united with the field of genetics to form the "Modern Synthesis" (or "Neo-Darwinism"), which is the currently-held consensus view.

Refinements, such as Punctuated Equilibrium (which holds that evolution can proceed in "fits and starts" rather than at a relatively constant speed) and the importance of non-selective factors such as Genetic Drift have since been added.

If your talking about the idea of evolution then it was proposed in 1809 by Charles Darwin. Now if your talking about when charles darwin said evolution began then he said long ago lightening hit mud and well i don't really completely understand the the theory but one thing i do understand is that there is no way it can be true. the theory says that there is no god and that the lighting created a cell that eventually evolved into humans well then my next question is how did the earth get there and they would say well the big bang when two planets crashed into eachother and then my next question would be then where did those planets or molecules come from and i could take it on and on. You see there has to be one overall creator who existed forever there isn't any other way it could work and that creator is god.

Charles Darwin's seminal work was published in 1859. The book's full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." In the last section is the 1st mention of the word evolve in this context.

Evolution was first discussed by the God Yahweh long before Charles Darwin was born in the creation story at the beginning of the book of Genesis. Here Yahweh is describing the first six or seven eras of modern evolution the latest era being the era us modern humans showed up on the evolutionary scene. The billions of years of prehistoric eras are not being counted or included in the creation story by Yahweh.

The idea that the world and everything in it has been growing and changing for millions of years has been taught in many ancient civilizations.

The modern philosophy of evolution really started with Charles Lyell, who gave us the Geologic Column. The belief that the world was much older than 6,000 years has been with us before that, but Lyell is the one who really pushed it.

Lyell personally pressured Darwin to publish his book before Wallace could publish an almost identical theory of evolution. Initially scientists laughed at Darwin, but some of the major churches had already compromised the Bible to fit in millions of years, so they just started teaching that God used evolution.

I think the earliest example of the concept of evolution was Anaximander in c.6thC BC. It's popped up in one form or another for a couple thousand years.

There was the Arabic scientist/philosopher/theologian Al Jahiz in the 9thC AD, who might be the first person to propose adption by natural selection...

The Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi in c4thC BC...

Yeah, it's a pretty old concept. The thing that made Darwin stand out was the fact that he had enormous amounts of evidence to back up his claims. He was a Christian believer to his dying day, but he was never afraid to accept the truth, even when it contradicted his beliefs.

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The theory of evolution was actually proposed by the ancient Greeks in the 6th century B.C. Don't recall the philosopher's name at the moment.

Yes, Origin of Species, by little Chucky Darwin. The funny thing is this. Atheists always say that man created (or made up) God. I always say, "Wait a minute! If man existed BEFORE God and man exists outside of this allegedly made up God then why is it that human history doesn't record that first mention of God AFTER the first mention of man? In other words, there is no "moment" when God is suddenly brought into the picture. In other words, there is no point in human history where man existed without mention of, knowlege of, and belief in God.

So, while I say to atheists ... where's your evidence that man invented God (which they have no answer for), here it is right before your eyes: Darwin invented evolution. But you would think that the evidence is for evolution and against God if you listen to these zealots.

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Charles Darwin, "Origin of Species" published in 1859.