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Event: The voyage of billage Scientist: Curvier

Scientist: Charles Lyell Idea(s);

Scientists, Ideas, and Events that Influenced Darwin

Idea(s):
uniformitarianism,
suggested that the Earth's
geological history was
characterized by gradual
changes
Idea(s):
Darwin's voyage exposed him to geological
formations and fossils, challenging traditional Cuvier rejected the idea of organic evolution. He was an
Earth's history. He observed species variation
across regions, challenging the notion of fixed essentialist, convinced that plants and animals of all types
species. The Galapagos Islands, where each were created for their particular roles and places in the
island had unique species, sparked ideas about
adaptation and natural selection. Darwin's world's environment, and that they were unchanging
finches, now known as Darwin's finches, showed
species could adapt to their environments, throughout their existence.
suggesting natural selection played a role in their
evolution.

Event: Darwin returns to England

Expert: Hutton
Idea(s) : argues that members
of species vary, and that when
the environment changes over
time, those individuals best
adapted to the new
environment will survive,
while those poorly adapted
will perish.
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and continues to investigate and think about evolution.
Expert: Lamarck
Idea(s): This theory was
based on the principle that all
the physical changes occurring
in an individual during its
lifetime are inherited by its
offspring. For ex., the
development of an organ when
used many times.
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Expert: Malthusian Scientist: Alfred
Idea(s): An Essay on the Wallace
Principle of Population: Idea(s): In 1858 ,Alfred
Malthus states increasing Wallace comes to the same
human population will need conclusion as Darwin:
more food than available. natural selection is a
driving force behind
evolution.

Darwin proposes his theory of evolution by natural selection.