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Charles Darwin established the theory of natural selection

The answer is True.

Explanation

Darwin developed it together with Alfred Russel Wallace, and their work was jointly presented to the Linnean Society of London in 1858. Natural selection is the process by which individuals with heritable traits better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully, and it is considered the primary mechanism of evolution. Darwin then published his landmark book "On the Origin of Species" the following year.

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