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Evolutionary
Thought
Learning
competency
JAMES HUTTON
• His Theory on Gradualism made a significant
contribution to the understanding of the
geological processes that shaped the Earth.
JEAN BAPTISTE DE
LEMARCK
• Theory of Use and Disuse hypothesized that
organism can reshape or alter its traits
depending on the importance of those traits to
the organisms. An organism may develop a
trait that is useful or loose that trait if not often
used.
CHARLES DARWIN
he describes how species evolved by Natural Selection:
GREGOR MENDEL
• Carried out experiments on dominant and
recessive traits of genes that proved Darwin’s
concept of natural selection.