1. Darwin and Darwinism

2. Charles Darwin
Born February 12, 1809 (same day and year as Lincoln) Sailed on the HMS Beagle Published On The Origin of the Species 1859 Published The Descent of man 1871 Died April , aged 73

3. The Scientific Revolution
Newton – The Planets move as the result of natural forces, not supernatural ones Lyle – Geology reveals a world millions, not thousands of years old Christian Theologians – But surely living organism, or at least result of direct divine intervention and not natural processes?! human beings are the

4. Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Organisms reproduce and their reproductions differ a little bit from them (mutation)
Some mutations are advantageous in the environment an organism finds itself in, some are not
The organisms with an advantage pass on their traits, the one’s without an advantage die off
Eventually the changes are big enough that we have a brand new species
Given Billions of years, this process can account for all the diversity of life we see today

5. Evidence for evolution
Darwin’s Evidence
The Fossil Record
Geographic location of various species
Comparative Anatomy
Artificial Selection
Post Darwin Evidence
5) Genes
6) DNA
7) Treating Viruses
8) Embryology

6. Arguments against Evolution?
The Bible Argument – An Ancient book written by anonymous authors tells a story about a man named, “man,” his wife, magic trees, and at talking snake. Evolution cannot account for Complexity of the organs like the brain, or even the eye We don’t have intermediary species We have never “seen” evolution happen.

7. Some Implications
Human beings are simply another type of animal and do not differ in kind for all the other animals Human beings are a part of nature Human beings have come to be as a result of perfectly natural processes that affect all life equally To understand human nature we must learn how and from what humans evolved.