What led darwin to believe that organisms originate from a common ancestor?

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What factors influenced Charles Darwin's belief that all organisms share a common ancestor? Please provide a detailed answer and explanation.

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Answer and explanation;-The belief that organisms originate from a common ancestor was much of the basis that the theory of natural selection was based on. Evidence of animals sharing the same trait, even though for some it appears to have no benefit to them, appears to have been at the root of this belief.Charles Darwin was the first scientist to publish a coherent theory of Evolution by Natural selection. He wasn't the first to intuitively suspect that species evolved from a common ancestor, but he was the first to publish a coherent theory and bring forth evidence for it.

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Charles Darwin was persuaded by many sociological and pseudo-biological and geological errors. Evolutionary ideas go much further back than Darwin. His grandfather wrote a poetry book on "Evolution." Charles Darwin's "mentor" Charles Lyell wrote the book series "Principles of Geology". This led Charles Darwin to believe that processes in nature took "deep time" to be accomplished. Check out "Darwin-The Voyage that Shook the World" and creation.com for more information.

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The belief that organisms originate from a common ancestor was much of the basis that the theory of natural selection was based on. Evidence of animals sharing the same characteristic, even though it appears to be of no advantage to some, appears to have been at the root of this faith. Charles Darwin was the first scientist to publish a consistent theory of natural evolution.

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The belief that organisms originate from a common ancestor was much of the basis that the theory of natural selection was based on. Evidence of animals sharing the same trait, even though for some it appears to have no benefit to them, appears to have been at the root of this belief.Charles Darwin was the first scientist to publish a coherent theory of Evolution by Natural selection. He wasn't the first to intuitively suspect that species evolved from a common ancestor, but he was the first to publish a coherent theory and bring forth evidence for it.Explanation:

Cletus Lebsack II · Answer

The fact that there were many different variations of traits of the finches on the Galapagos islands. He also realized this with the evidence with animals who share the same trait but allegedly gain no benefit from them.

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The belief that organisms originate from a common ancestor was much of the basis that the theory of natural selection was based on. Evidence of animals sharing the same trait, even though for some it appears to have no benefit to them.

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What led darwin to believe that organisms originate from a common ancestor?

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