▁had ▁desc ended ▁from ▁other ▁prim ates , ▁but ▁also ▁that , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁their ▁environment , ▁cre atures ▁had ▁found ▁methods ▁of ▁transform ing ▁their ▁characteristics ▁over ▁long ▁time ▁intervals . ▁He ▁also ▁produced ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁lingu istics , ▁which ▁was ▁c ited ▁by ▁Er as mus ▁Dar win ▁in ▁his ▁poem ▁Temple ▁of ▁Nature . ▁Jan - And rew ▁Hend erson ▁states ▁that ▁Mon b od do ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁art ic ulate ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁natural ▁selection . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 2 , ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁Im manuel ▁Kant ▁presented , ▁in ▁his ▁Crit ique ▁of ▁Jud g ement , ▁what ▁he ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁“ a ▁d aring ▁vent ure ▁of ▁reason ”, ▁in ▁which ▁“ one ▁organ ic ▁being ▁[ is ] ▁derived ▁from ▁another ▁organ ic ▁being , ▁although ▁from ▁one ▁which ▁is ▁specifically ▁different ; ▁e . g ., ▁certain ▁water - anim als ▁transform ▁themselves ▁gradually ▁into ▁mar sh - anim als ▁and ▁from ▁these , ▁after ▁some ▁gener ations , ▁into ▁land - anim als .” ▁Some ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁philosoph ers , ▁such ▁as ▁Eric ▁Vo eg elin , ▁credit ▁Kant ▁with ▁for esh adow ing ▁modern ▁evolution ary ▁theory . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 6 , ▁Er as mus ▁Dar win ▁published ▁his ▁Zo ön om ia , ▁which ▁suggested ▁" that ▁all ▁warm - blo oded ▁animals ▁have ▁ar isen ▁from ▁one ▁living ▁fil ament ▁... ▁with