Darwin's Theory

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  1. natural selection
    a process in which organisms evolve to adapt to environment
    After many years, Darwin's ideas became known as the theory of evolution by natural selection.
  2. Darwin
    English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
    Darwin's observation led many other scientists to conduct experiments on inherited characteristics.
  3. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
  4. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
  5. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  6. evolve
    undergo development
  7. punctuated equilibrium
    a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
  8. Lamarck
    French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
  9. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
  10. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
Created on Fri Jan 13 12:27:28 EST 2012 (updated Fri Jan 13 12:37:02 EST 2012)

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