1. Adventures of Charles Darwin

2. Classification of living organisms based on physical similarities.
Carolus Linnaeus
Classification of living organisms based on physical similarities.

3. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
“Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics”

4. Catastrophism-catastrophic events cause species extinction
Georges Cuvier
Catastrophism-catastrophic events cause species extinction

5. James Hutton “Father of Modern Geology”
Gradualism: Earth’s features were created by means natural causes
over geological time.

6. Charles Lyell
Uniformitarianism- Changes which occur on Earth occur at a constant rate over long periods of time (Principals of Geology).

7. Voyages on the HMS Beagle (12/27/1831 to 10/02/1836)

8. Variation: members within a population differ.
Interspecific- different species
Intraspecific- same species

9. Adaptation: physical or behavioral feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.

10. Darwin’s Theory of Natural selection
Tenant one: Over reproduction results in competition and a struggle for existence.

11. Darwin’s Theory of Natural selection
Tenant 2: In any population, there is variation and an unequal ability of individuals to survive and reproduce.

12. Darwin’s Theory of Natural selection
Tenant 3: “Best-fit” individuals are more likely to survive and pass down their traits to offspring.

13. Darwin’s Theory of Natural selection
Tenant 4: Over time, variations accumulate and the population changes (descent with modification).

14. Evolution by Natural Selection
Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in 1858; 22 years after his voyage on the Beagle.