Science Mission Directorate

During the mid-19th century, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace independently proposed the theory of evolution by pure selection in 1858, which defined how totally different vegetation and animals originated and developed. Their theory was set out intimately in Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species, which was printed in 1859. Separately, Gregor Mendel introduced his paper, “Experiments on Plant Hybridization” in 1865, which outlined the ideas of organic inheritance, serving as the idea for contemporary genetics. This is proven by the construction of advanced calendars, techniques for making toxic crops edible, and public works on a …