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What are George Buffon ideas? That earth might be much older than a few thousand years, and observed that specific fossils and certain living animals were similar but not exactly alike.
What is adaptation? A inherited characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
What are Jean Baptiste Lamarck ideas? (and inheritance of acquired characteristics) Believes that life evolves, or changes. Realized that species aren't permanent. Explained evolution as a process of adaptation,
What are Darwin's Observations abroad the HMS Beagle? He studied organisms and their adaptations from places as different as the Brazilian jungle, the grasslands of the pampas, and the frigid lands near Antarctica. He maintained expensive journals of his observations, studies, and thoughts.
What are Charles Lyell ideas? That erosion could explain the physical features of today's earth.
What are Thomas Malthus ideas? Believed that human suffering, such as disease, famine, and homelessness, was due to the human's population potential to grow.
What is Descent with modification? In habitats when they accumulated different modifications, or adaptations, to diverse ways of life.
What is "Natural Selection"? A process when individuals with inherited characteristics well suited to the environment leave more offspring on average than do other individuals.
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