Download the historical development of theories of evolution

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THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF
THEORIES OF EVOLUTION
1) Match the numbers in the left hand column of the table with the letters in the right hand column.
Use your results to de-code the mystery word, below, which is something Darwin believed all
species have in common.
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2.
3.
4.
A
1. Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
2. Special creation
3. Georges Buffon (1707-1788)
4. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)
5. James Hutton (1726-1797)
6. Aristotle (384-322 BC)
7. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
8. Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)
9. Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
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9.
B
C. Suggested that species might undergo some
changes in the course of time. He believed that
these changes took place by a process of
degeneration.
E. Stated that species have historical connections
with one another, that animals may change in
response to their environment and that their
offspring may inherit these changes.
S. Proposed in the theory of uniformitarianism that
the earth had been formed gradually over many
years. This provided enough time for evolutionary
changes to have taken place.
N. This theory stated that all living things were the
products of a divine creation and that most were
created for the service of mankind.
A. Suggested that the many species on earth have
evolved from a common ancestor by the process of
natural selection.
O. Put forward the theory of `catastrophism’ in
which species became extinct by a series of
catastrophes and new species arose to take their
places.
T. Believed that organisms had always existed and
that all living things were part of a hierarchy (`Scala
Naturae’) that began with simple organisms and
culminated with man at the top.
S. A geologist who produced evidence that the
earth has had a long history. He also opposed the
idea of `catastrophism’.
R. Believed that all species were descended from
other species. This evolution occurs through the
inheritance of `acquired characteristics’.
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