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Overview
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Pr e-Darwinian ideas about evolution

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Lamarck and others had promoted evolutionary theories, but in order to explain just how life changed, they depended on speculation. Typically, they claimed that evolution was guided by some long-term
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trend. in the mid-1800s, Darwin and the British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace independently conceived of a natural, even observable, way for life to change: a process Darwin calledNatural Selection.

Alfred Russel Wallace

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Charles Darwin
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The genius of Darwin, the way in which he suddenly turned all of biology upside down in 1859 with the publication of theOrigin of Species, can sometimes give the misleading impression that the theory of evolution sprang from his forehead fully formed without any precedent in scientific 6/5/12 history.

But as earlier chapters in this history have shown, the raw material for Darwin's theory had been known for decades. Geologists and paleontologists had made a compelling case that life had been on Earth for a long time, that it had changed over that time, and that many species had become extinct.
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At the same time, embryologists and other naturalists studying living animals in the early 1800s had discovered, sometimes unwittingly, much of the best evidence for Darwin's theory.

Definition of Natural Selection

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The gradual, nonrandom process by whichbiological traitsbecome either more or less common in apopulationas a function of differential reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism 6/5/12 ofevolution.

The preservation of a functional advantage that enables a species to compete better in

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INDIVIDUALS BETTER ADAPTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE &

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The naturalistic equivalent to domestic breeding.

Evolution, Darwin, and Natur al Selection

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Char les Darwin sailed around the wor ld

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W hat did Darwins Tr avels reveal?

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The diversity of living species was far

greater than anyone

had previously known. These obser vations led him to develop the

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His Discover y in the Galapagos Islands

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Each island had its own type of tor toises and bir ds that were clear l y different
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Human Evolution (Sir Bio STYLE)

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Galapagos Turtles

Evolution is w hen or ganisms change over time. So, moder n or ganisms descended from
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Dark moths on light colored bark are easy targets for hungry birds but are hidden on pollution darkened trees.

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Ar tificial and Natur al Selection

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ARTIFICIAL Nature provides variation, humans select variations that

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NATURAL T he tr aits that help an or ganism sur vive in a par ticular

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Natur al Selection and Species Fitness

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Over time, natural selection results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population.
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SUMMAR Y
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Or ganisms dif fer ; variation is inherited.

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Or ganisms produce more of fspring

Or ganisms compete for

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Or ganisms with advantages sur vive to pass those advantages to their children.

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Species alive today are descended with modifications from common

"Natur al selection acts onl y by taking advanta ge of slight successive variations; she can never take a g reat and sudden leap, but must advance by shor t and sur e, though slow steps." T hus, Darwin conceded that, "If it could be demonstr ated that any complex or gan existed, w hich could not possibly have been for med by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theor y would absolutel y break down." 6/5/12 [2]

REFERENCES:

http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evo

http://www.biology-online.or g/2/15_a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_

http://www.darwins-theor y-of-evolut

http://evolution.ber keley.edu/evolibr
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