1. change in the heritable traits within a population across generations
Evolution
change in the heritable traits within a population across generations

2. Charles Darwin
an English naturalist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory through natural selection

3. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French naturalist known for his theory of “Inheritance of Acquired Traits” (Use and Disuse) – WHICH WAS INCORRECT!!

4. James Hutton
Proposed the earth is shaped by geological forces that took place over extremely long period of time.
KNOWN AS GRADUALISM

5. Thomas Malthus
Predicted that human population will grow faster than the space and food supplies needed to sustain it

6. Principles of Geology Explain the past through actual observations
Charles Lyell
Principles of Geology
Explain the past through actual observations