Activity 6: Darwin and the Development of the Theory

evolution

Change in a kind of populiont over time

natural selection

A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.

sexual selection

when individuals select mates based on heritable traits

Charles Darwin

English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection - traveled to the Galapagos

Charles Lyell

Wrote the Principles of Geology, which offered evidence to show that the earth had formed over millions of years ago

Alfred Wallace

Naturalist who came to a similar conclusion as Darwin that natural selection could explain the origin of species, biological diversity, and similarities among related life forms.

Jean Bas

inheritance of acquired characteristics

Thomas Mathus

scientist and economist proposed a theory that resources such as food, water, and shelter were natural limits to population growth.

On the Origin of Species

Darwin's book