Professor Mark Griffiths, of Nottingham Trent University, said: ‘This conclusively shows the theory of evolution was first proposed by Patrick Matthew in 1831, 28 years before Darwin published his own version. There is no good reason for Matthew not to be credited with being the originator of the theory.”   Charles Darwin is credited with … Continue reading Charles Darwin is Accused of Stealing Theory of Evolution from Rival Naturalist in History’s Biggest Science Fraud