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Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Louise Livesey
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Definitions from OED Online EVOLUTION The origination of species of animals and plants, as conceived by those who attribute it to a process of development from earlier forms, and not to a process of ‘special creation’ TRANSMUTATION Conversion or transformation of one species into another; spec. applied to the form of evolution or development propounded by Lamarck (1815-22)
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Charles Darwin 1809-1882
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Erasmus Darwin Zoonomia (1790s) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Philosophie zoologique (1809)
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Darwin’s theory of natural selection Struggle for resources within and between species Heritable variation +
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Varieties of domestic dog
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Darwin’s theory of natural selection Struggle for resources within and between species Heritable variation Natural selection += Individuals with the most adaptive characteristics more likely to survive and reproduce accumulation of changes over time new species
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859)
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From Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (1859)
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