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Darwin's Voyage |
during his travels, he made numerous observations and collected evidence that led him to propose a revolutionary hypothesis about the way life changes over time |
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Hutton |
proposes that Earth is shaped by geological forces that took place over extremely long periods of time |
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Malthus |
predicts that the human population will grow faster than the space and food supplies needed to sustain it |
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Lamarck |
first to propose a mechanism explaining how organisms change over time |
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Lyell |
explains that processes occurring now have changed Earths geological features over long periods of time |
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Wallace |
speculates evolution by natural selection based on his studies of the plants and animals |
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Natural Selection |
process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully |
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Darwins Theory |
Darwin observed that the characteristics of many animals and plants varied noticeably among the different islands of the Galapagos |
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Homologous Structures |
structures that have different mature forms in different organsims but develop from the same embryonic tissues |
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Vestigal Organs |
organ that serves no useful function in an organism |
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