THEORY OF NATURAL

SELECTION
SUBMITTED BY:

Jarvey Vilasco
Rito Ampacao
Dae Sicwat
Gerick Sibal

SUBMITTED TO:

Diana Rose Alcodia

March 25, 2024

 INTRODUCTION

Natural selection is the process through which population variable, meaning that they
are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits
better suited to the environment others.

This is Mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their

environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success.
This process causes species to change and diverge over time.

In can be broken down into five basic steps, abbreviated here as VISTA (Variation,
Inheritance, Selection, Time and Adaption).

Variation- Natural Selection requires variation between individuals. Mutation and sexual
reproduction increase genetic variation in a population.

Inheritance- That organism pass traits on to their offspring.

Selection- Which some traits allow an organism to reproduce more than others.
 SCIENTIST

CHARLES R. DARWIN was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely

known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

Darwin used multiple lines of evidence to support his theory of evolution by Natural
Selection- fossil evidence, biogeographically evidence and anatomical evidence.

• Today fossil record is even more convincing. Often, fossil species first appear in older
rocks and disappear in younger rocks, providing evidence that species change. Change
in climate, indicated by geology, correlate with change in fossil species and their
adaptation, supporting the idea of Natural Selection.
• Island Biogeography like Darwin finches in the Galapagos, shows how one
species can evolve that into many new species through adaptive radiation. The grants
observed evolution by Natural Selection in Galapagos finches during a drought, as birds
with bigger break survived and reproduced.