Jelo Andre A.

Tolentino

Evolution:
Common Descent
Common Ancestor
Theories of evolution

LUCA is our common ancestor it is known as last universal common ancestor

Apes were ancestor of humans according to Charles darwin
First life existed here on earth were single-cell organisms

4 main theories of evolution

Lamarckism or Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characters
Darwinism or Theory of Natural Selection
Mutation Theory of De Vries
Neo-Darwinism or Modern concept or synthetic theory of evolution

Lamarckism- was proposed by a great French naturalist, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck. This theory
Is based on the comparison between the contemporary species of his time to fossil records.

Darwinism- By Charles Darwin, he made an extensive study of nature for over 20 years when he
went on a voyage on a ship and explored South America, the Galapagos Islands and other
islands.

Mutation- Proposed by Hugo de Vries in his book entitled Species and Varieties, Their Origin by
Mutation. He worked on evening primrose.