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Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species. The biologist Orator F. Cook coined the term in 1906 for cladogenesis, the splitting of lineages, as opposed to anagenesis, phyletic evolution within lineages. Charles Darwin was the first to describe the role of natural selection in speciation in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. He also identified sexual selection as a likely mechanism, but found it problematic.
Speciation is the evolutionary process where populations gradually change over time until they become distinct species—a concept that Charles Darwin first explained through natural selection in his 1859 book *On the Origin of Species*. Understanding speciation matters because it explains how Earth's enormous diversity of life forms originated and continues to develop, helping us comprehend the relationships between all living organisms.
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