PPT-Evolution and Darwin Evolution

The processes that have transformed life on earth from its earliest forms to the vast diversity that characterizes it today A change in the genes Old Theories of Evolution. 7 Ea st i ly Sm oo St cM St St Hw t ua Hw Wi nn lie tt Hi ck lb ss aw rr a ch dt rt Ross Smi th Av Henr y Wr igley Dr McMillans Rd McMillans Rd Va nderlin Dr Tr ower Rd Buchanan Tc Str eet Legend 1 W aters St 2 Chapman Rd 3 Rossiter St 4 Pandanus St BY JESSICA ROUT. THEORY OF . Evolution!. Darwin's theory of evolution. The basic idea behind the theory of evolution is that all the different species have evolved from simple life forms. These simple life forms first developed more than three billion years ago - the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The timeline below shows some of the key events in the evolution of life forms on Earth, from the first bacteria to the first modern humans.. Change over time…. Geology. Began to study rock layers called strata. George Cuvier. Studied fossils. Found extinct species and noticed the deeper the fossil the more unique. Catastrophism. Charles Lyell. How are these iguanas similar? . How are they different?. Do you think they are related? (Do they share a common ancestor?). Darwin’s Voyage. EQ: How did Darwin explain the differences between species on the Galapagos Islands and mainland South America?. Evolution. Section 15-1: The Puzzle of Life’s . Diversity. Evolutionary theory . is a collection of scientific facts, observations, and hypotheses that helps explain . the diversity of life. Evolution (. Stephen Jay Gould. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002). an American . paleontologist. , . evolutionary biologist. and . historian of science. . He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of . Robert C. Newman. Introduction. For nearly a century, a story has circulated in various tracts and books that Charles Darwin became a Christian late in his life.. According to the story, a Christian English woman, Lady Hope, visited Darwin and found him reading his Bible enthusiastically.. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and he died in London in 1882.. He very nearly didn’t go on his voyage on the Beagle, because his father tried to stop him. . During the voyage Darwin started his theory of evolution, which made him famous. . Born: 12. th . February, 1809, in Shrewsbury. Died: April 19. th. , 1882, in . D. owne, due to heart problems. In 1831, he set sail on the HMS Beagle for a 5-year voyage around the Earth. He married on January 29. published 1844, anonymously by Robert Chambers. Elaborated the idea that all matter, inorganic and organic, evolved out of inorganic dust by the accumulation of accidental mutations caused somehow by changes in nutrition or environment.. of Discovery. THINK ABOUT IT . If you’d met young Charles Darwin, you probably wouldn’t have guessed that his ideas would change the way we look at the world. As a boy, Darwin wasn’t a star student. . Background Info: Charles Darwin. Set sail on the HMS . Beagle. . 5 year trip around the world. Naturalist: a person who studies the natural world. He wanted to learn about the living things he saw on the voyage . Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Charles Darwin—A Summary. British Naturalist. Sailed aboard the . H.M.S. Beagle in 1831. Observed the wide variety of different animals in the Galapagos Islands on this trip. & . Natural Selection. studied medicine at Edinburgh University (1825-1827) where the sight of blood and surgery without anesthetics repulsed him. studied to become a clergyman at Cambridge University (1827-1831).