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From its 64257rst publication the theory stirred controversy perhaps not surprisingly for a theory that not only revolutionised biology but had farreaching implications for many aspects of our lives Today Darwins theory in64258uences many areas from. 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.. Radinka. Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was born in February 1809 in Mount Shrewsbury UK. . He was educated in Shrewsbury School then sent to Edinburg University to study medicine. Two years later in 1827, he was beginning a degree in divinity (study of religion) at Cambridge. . Evolution. Believed to be 4.5 billion years old. Thought to have had a very anaerobic atmosphere. Earliest organisms were able to survive primitive environments. Prokaryotes that resemble today’s bacteria. Charles Darwin . By: Amber Lopez, Vanessa Jaramillo, Sherry Rodriguez, and Ashley Ramirez. Charles Darwin . Charles Robert Darwin. was an . English naturalist. and . geologist. , his best known work was . Introduction. Charles Darwin was a biologist who lived during the 1800s. Scientific thinking was shifting (biology & geology). Evolution = the process of change over time. Darwin developed a theory that explains how modern organisms evolved over long periods of time through descent from common ancestors.. Charles Darwin was born February 12 1809 in Shrewsbury England. . He came from a long line of doctors, his father was a medical doctor, and his grandfather was a botanist.. He was described as someone who “loved to explore nature”. 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.. A. Species overproduce offspring that may survive an environment.. B. There is little variation among members of a population.. C. Competition for resources, mates, and space among species leads to a struggle to survive.. Texas Horned Lizard. Defense Behavior Adaptations. Its horns are extensions of its cranium and contain true bone.. When threatened it will puff up its body to cause its spiny scales to protrude, which makes it hard to swallow.. & . 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). Charles Robert Darwin. . (1809-1882) was an English naturalist who . born on 12th February, 1809. at Shrewsbury, England. . He went on . voyage. . (trip, expedition, tour). for five years (1831 to 1836) and . Week 9:. By Mackenzie and Emily. Michael Banton, . Racial Theories . (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), Ch. 4, ‘Race as Subspecies’, pp. 81-116. ‘With the recognition that plant and animal populations were distinguished by the gene frequencies they had acquired in the course of evolution… a new foundation was laid for biological science’ (p. 116).. Course Objectives. Describe the importance of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, Charles Lyell, Stephen Jay Gould, to the development of evolutionary theory.. Describe five ways that fossils can form including amber, tar pits, petrification, sedimentary rocks, and ice.. What is a scientific theory?. In science, the word theory applies to a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations and hypotheses and that enables scientists to make accurate predictions about new situations..