Famous Scientists Exploring Evolution

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Charles Bonnet

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Observed fossils and realized that they do not resemble modern organisms. He theorized that theyare from a previous era.

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Charles Darwin

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Theory of evolution. He traveled to the Galapagos Islands and realized that they did not look like the current organisms.

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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Attempts to explain how organisms change over time. Though, he is wrong. But he is the first and gets later scientists trying to figure it out.

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Thomas Malthus

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Theory that humans will eventually need more than the Earth can provide.

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Alfred Wallace

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Discovered Natural Selection; the ability to survive, then pass on its traits that helped it survived.
Example: Fat beaks on a bird can not suck honey from a tree. A skinny long beak is needed. The fat beaked birds do not survive, therefore do not reproduce.

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Hardy/Weinburg

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Created the principle that allele frequencies will remain constant unless a factor changes it.

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James Hutton

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Earth developed over millions of years ago. Rain, Heat, Cold, Wind, etc. shaped it to look as it currently does. (Surface)

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Charles Lyell

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Idea that humans impact the geological features on the Earth.