““Darwin’s theory” is natural selection, not evolution itself.”
What is “evolution itself”?
What I meant by “evolution itself” is speciation- the process of new species being engendered by existing species.
IS it really controversial to say that new species form from existing species?
Humans cultivated fruits and grains, with the current cultivars barely resembling the original species (e.g. the original maize was a perennial with relatively low yields, the original brassica was like rape, and the modern cultivars such as broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, etc- weren’t naturally occurring). Humans domesticated wolves into dogs, aurochs into cows.
Is the controversy one of whether humans evolved directly from primates?
Or is it whether there was a divinely-driven (or otherwise unexplainable) progression of species?
It’s one thing to doubt evolution, but anyone with scientific inclinations is going to ask, “what happened, then?”