Runlvlzero,
Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, but Watson and Crick didn't publish the structure of DNA in 1962. Darwin had no clue about the molecular mechanisms of mutation. Modern evolutionary theory is quite different than Darwin's first theories. The important lesson from On the Origins of Species was about natural selection, which is still recognized as a strong force of evolution (the others, typically weaker, being: neutral drift, gene flow, and mutation).
Scientists do not dogmatically cling to the words of a 150ish year old book.
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