Society and Evolutionary History

The question of the origin of life has been of great interest to many and this has led to the creation and evolution theory. Charles Darwin made great contributions to the evolutionary theory. He expressed his view that a being cannot originate from a non-being. His argument is that complex beings can develop from very small beings and all beings have a common origin. However, his theory of evolution has been faced with many objections and misinterpretations. His film on the origin of species has been rejected in the United States where it is argued that only a small percentage of the population believes in evolution. Before producing the movie, Charles Darwin had published a book but he took thirty years before releasing the book. He did not publish this book for a long period of time for personal reasons. His survival for the fittest and natural selection theories have affected the lives of many and have also affected politics and philosophy in many countries. Genocides and terrorism have been carried out on minority groups from specific countries and natural selection has been used as a justification for the actions. This paper will seek to analyze Darwin’s evolutionary theory and the way it has been misunderstood.