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After Darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection as a mechanism for evolution was generally considered a theory. Why do we now refer to it as a theory?

After Darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection as a mechanism for evolution was generally considered a theory. Why do we now refer to it as a theory?
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After Darwin proposed his ideas about natural selection as a mechanism for evolution was generally considered a theory. Why do we now refer to it as a theory?

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Because it's still not a fact. We don't know that that is what definitely happened so a theory is widely accepted but it's not absolute
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