Darwin's own grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, wrote an extensive book outlining a transmutation view, and it is known that Darwin had read this as a teenager.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
What is a group of people listening called? You could refer to them as the audience. The root of audience means related to hearing or to the ear. You could also refer to people listening as a congregation if what they aâ¦re listening to is a sermon, or assembly if they are part of a meeting.