1. Descent with Modification

2. History of Evolution Plato (427 – 347 B.C.) – Two Worlds Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C.) – Scale of Nature Judeo-Christian – Old Testament Natural Theology (1700’s) – Creator’s plan studying biology Linnaeus (1707 – 1778) - Taxonomy

3. History of Evolution Cuvier (1769 – 1832) Father of Paleontology Catastrophism

4. History of Evolution Hutton (1726 – 1797) Gradualism Very small processes can make large changes over time

5. History of Evolution Charles Lyell (1797 – 1875) Uniformitarianism Processes today occur like they did in the past Principles of Geology (1830-1833) Earth must be very old

6. History of Evolution Lamark (1809) Inheritance of Acquired Traits

7. Darwinian Revolution Medical School Clergyman HMS Beagle

8. Darwinian Revolution HMS Beagle (1831 – 1836) – chart the coast of South America Captain Robert FitzRoy – Companion

9. Darwinian Revolution

10. Galapagos Islands

11. Thomas Malthus An Essay on the Principle of Population 6 th ed. (1826)

12. Darwinian Revolution On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life (1858)

13. Darwinian Revolution Why did it take 22 years to publish?

14. Darwinian Revolution Alfred Wallace (1823 – 1913) East Indies

15. Darwinian Revolution Two main Points Descent with Modification Natural Selection

16. Evidence of Evolution Taxonomy

17. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record

18. Evidence of Evolution Biogeography

19. Evidence of Evolution Comparative Anatomy Homologous Structures

20. Evidence of Evolution Comparative Embryology

21. Evidence of Evolution Comparative Molecular Biology