This is a misperception...Darwin couldn't have renounced his "theories" because Evolution is not a theory. What you don't understand is this. Evolution can be broken down on a MACRO and MICRO level. Evolution DEFINITELY occurs on a MICRO level. That's proven without doubt. That simply means things change over time. THAT'S 100% true. The argument stems from whether or not MACRO evolution occurred. That is the theory that all life stemmed from a primordial soup that formed in a pond eons ago.
That's the conflict. Darwin is the father of modern biology. Don't fool yourself. Evolution occurs.period. It can EASILY be proven in laboratory experiments on a MICRO level.

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