Definition of "theory of evolution" []

• (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Philosophie zoologique (1809) had forged the link be - tween a specific theory of evolution and the notion that physicochemical forces continue even now to produce spontaneously such rudimentary organisms as infusoria and algae."
• "Both the theory of evolution (Darwin, Mendel, and the Neo-Darwinians) and the cybernetic theory of physiological responses (Bernard, Cannon, Wiener) provide a dynamic approach to some of the problems posed by the interplay between man and his environ - ment."
• "He knew, as Darwin did, that a cogent theory of evolution would rattle tea carts in the rectories, raise eyebrows in the country mansions, and put solid chaps off their sherry at the better clubs."