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Darwinian theory

Dar·win·i·an the·o·ry


noun 
Definition:
 
theory of evolution: the theory, first developed by the 19th-century British naturalist Charles Darwin, that species of living things originate, evolve, and survive through natural selection in response to environmental forces

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