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Natural selection and adaptation
By
Carlos Villanueva
Natural selection
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It is the measure of reproductive success
It occupies a population, not individuals
Natural selection can take time or happen quickly
Called as “survival of the fittest”
Species that acquire adaptation
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Herbert Spencer
• British philosopher
• Born April 27,1820-December 8,1903 en.wikimedia.org
• He is the early advocate of the Theory of
Evolution
• His work was The Synthetic Philosophy
• Best remembered for his doctrine of Social
Darwinism
Georges Cuvier
• August 23,1769 – May 13, 1832
• Jean George Cuvier and Anne Clemence
Chatel
• A very vocal opponent to the Theory of
Evolution
• He published his work, Elementary Survey of
the Natural History of Animals
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James Hutton
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1726-1797
Scottish farmer and naturalist
Founder of modern geology
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He has a key concept called Theory of
Uniformitarianism
• Hutton’s theories got to a frontal attack on a
popular contemporary school of thought
called catastrophism
Fossils
• It can be any trace of life or artifact of life
• It can give clues to the past of and history of
life on Earth
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Theory of Evolution
• It was proposed by Charles Darwin
• He said that individuals with traits, suitable to
their environments lived long enough to
reproduce and passed down those desirable
traits
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Adaptation
• It helps organisms to survive and reproduce in
a particular environment
• Can you guess where are the organisms
hiding?
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