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darwinism and social darwinism  

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  • The ideas of Charles Darwin about evolutionary biology have had a global impact on fields far from narrow concerns about the evolution of species. Darwinism can be described as a pattern of evolutionary thinking about social as well as scientific matters that began soon after Darwin's time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Darwinism and Social Darwinism]

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