Evolution Flashcards
Branch of biology that deals with the study of the history of life forms and of the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth.
Evolutionary bio
The slow gradual change in organisms over time
- Evolution –
After natural catastrophes, such as great floods and tectonic earthquakes which resulted to extinction of plants and animals, God created new living organisms with improved characteristics.
Theory of Catastrophi
–Azoologist, paleontologist, and an advocate of creationism.
GeorgeCuvier
• States that organisms evolved in response to the
change in their environment.
Lamarckism Theory
Lamarckism Theory is also
Theory of Acquired traits
Lamarckism Theory
• By
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
Lamarckian theory is summarized into 3 ideas
• Principle of Need
• Principle of Use and Disuse – c
• Principle Of Inheritance Of Acquired trait
– change due to adaptation
Principle of Need
– change through selective use or disuse of
organs; traits are lost or acquired
Principle of Use and Disuse
–acquired or lost trait is then passed to the offspring
• Principle Of Inheritance Of Acquired traits
Individual whose traits most fit to
environment will be more likely to live and
reproduce.
• It is the nature that selects the survivor
(Survival of the fittest)
Theory of Natural Selection
Theory of Natural Selection who
Charles Darwin
3 Animals Darwin Studied:
Finch, Tortoise, and Iguana
developed theory of natural selection similar to Darwin.
Alfred Wallace