No ! 

Darwin was was not the First ; Not even Patrick Mathew .The evolutionary story precedes all this Media reports or news - sports dealing with Science .( every decade , several ties some 'scientific originality ' is replaced by some one else . That is natural of these days ).
Even I can offer a better source of real EVOLUTION from PURANA Whose Recorded Evidence is there in 3rd century A.D at least .
It is VISHNU PURANA i am referring to and it is not DARWIN'S Way of identifying from his aquatic voyage but like Einstein'd Patent -office - window-side -meditative Contemplation :
My presentation is about " Dash - Avatar " or Ten-step descent of Cosmic -intelligence ( of C,J Yung )in the Evolutionary Process of LIFE - Principle in aftermath period of COMIC EVOLUTION :
THEY ARE TABULATED AS FOLLOWS :
I , Life first EVOLVED   in WATER ( Aquatic Media ) and the collective
name was baptized as MEEN ( or Fish )
2 . the Fish learnt to crawl up to LAND ( when formed and the logo for
the Lord was Baptized as KURMA ( Tortoise ) or Amphibian group.
3. In NEXT Stage  EVOLUTION , the AMPHIBIANS  became  Quadrupeds
and the logo for their lord was named 'B A R H H A ' ( Pig .).
4. Next came the Matching BIPED  or 'ANIMANL- MAN and for them the
Evolved  logo was NRISHINGHA  or  Lion type  or( ? Neanderthal )- Man.

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The  whole above period was named SATYA YUGA for they were all Spinal Creatures ( Reflex  term with no Expanding consciousness  or Power of Rational Thinking . And  were not responsible for their Action in  any  way ..
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5 .In  the next  Phase  of  EVOLUTION    Cosmic  intelligence    joined the  GAME  OF  EVOLUTION  and  First   Intelligent  Man  ( Post -Homo  sa  pien )  came  to  the  FIELD  and    was  known   as 

" Baamon"  or  'Dwarf  Man  in relative  term)   ' but   more  intelligent  than  all others     but was  not  skiled  enough  to  match  the  earlier   VIOLENT  VITAL  FORCE  Living  WORLD 

6. So  the   next phase  of  Evolution  tool  place    and '  PARASHURAM'  or  the  INTELLIGENT WITH  VITAL  force  descended  in early   METALLIC  CIVILIZATION   .

7 . Now  the    POPULATION   ROSE  and  started  spreading   and  need  for    evolving  SOCIETY  arose   and    RAMA   representing  the   head  or  king  of   conscious   human  SOCIETY  as  kingdom  9 or  beginning  of  feudal  Civilization   evolved  . yet  the  re remained  the  need  for    descent    of  Cosmic Consciousness  infiltrating  more  social  levels   and :

8. Cosmic   Consciousness  in  human-spirit   descended  in the  name   of

8. KRISHNA   as   Dine's  agent  to  guide   Humanity  and  to  lead   the  battling  WORLD  of  selfih  men  and self-lees   spirit  , disciplined  in  social  fabrics .

9 .  Then  came  down   BUDDHA  the    DIVINE'S  CNSCIOUSNES  in  INDIVIDUAL- SHAPE   

      expressing  the  supreme  form  of     MONISM    OR   In  SENSE  OF  UNIFIED- EXISTENCE, 

       INSEPARABLE 

10,  KALKI :  more  than  2500 yrs  back    the  DESOLUTION  PHASE    of    CYCLIC  UNIVERSE 

      HAS  STARED   and  Now  is  the  DOMINATION  or   DOMAIN  of   KALKI  ( 10 Th. AVTAR  0r 

      divines   LAST  Incarnation )   for  the    desolution  of  this  COSMIC  GAME  and take off  for  the 

      next  CYCLE.

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THAT   IS  REAL  SCIENCE(Theoretical )  OR   EVOLUTIONARY   GAME    OF   THE  DIVINE ;  ANY  WAY  WE  LOOK  AND  EVEN  IF  IN  SPIRITUAL  SENSE  !