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Darwin’s Theory Notes:
History
After Darwin returned to England in 1836 he filled notebooks with his ideas about __________ ________
and the process that he would later call _________.
He did not rush to publish his ideas because they _______ with the fundamental scientific _____ of his day.
He asked his wife to publish his ideas when he ________.
Darwin’s Influence
In 1858 another naturalist, _________________, wrote an essay describing his work in ________ that
summarized the same ideas _________ had been thinking about for 25 years!
The Origin of Species
Suddenly Darwin had incentive to ________ the results of his work!
In 1859, ______________________, presented ___________ and proposed a ___________ for
evolution that he called ___________ ___________.
Darwin’s Theory
Remember the definition of theory...
Darwin theorized that __________ ____________ is found naturally in ______ populations.
__________ ____ _______________ means that members of each _______ must ______ for food,
space, and other ________.
This means some organisms in a _________ are _____ ________ to survive.
_____________ ____ _______ ___________ says organisms which are better _________ to the
environment will ________ and ___________, passing on their _________.
Vocabulary
___________ - ________ of an _________ to ________ and __________ in its specific environment
____________ - any ________ characteristic that ______________ an organism's chance of _______
Summarize that – write the statement on the board in your own words and sketch a picture to help you
remember the ideas.
How it all works
__________ _____ __________ suggests that each species has ___________, with ________, from
other species over time.
This idea suggests that all living species are ________ to each other, and that ______ species, living and
extinct, share a ________ ___________.
Evidence of Evolution – write examples as we go
1. Artificial Selection
2. Fossil Record
3. Geographic Distribution (Convergent and Divergent)
4. Homologous Structures
5. Embryology
6. DNA
7. We can see it today!
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