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Chapter 15 Bio Vocab

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a voyage that started in 1831 from England where Charles Darwin made numerous observations and collected evidence that led him to propose a revolutionary hypothesis about the way life changes over time HMS Beagle
a group of small islands located 1000 kilometers west of South America with very different climates that influenced Darwin the most Galapagos Islands
In 1785, he proposed that Earth is shaped by geological forces that took place over extremely long periods of time. He estimates Earth to be millions - not thousands - of years old James Hutton
In 1833, he explained in the second and final volume of the Principles of Geology that processes occurring now have shaped Earth's geological features over long periods of time. He is also known for unitarianism. Charles Lyell
A book published in 1833 made to explain the processes that change the Earth's surface Principles of Geology
In 1809, he published his hypotheses of the inheritance of acquired traits. By the selective use or disuse of organs, organisms acquired or lost certain traits during their lifetime. These traits could then be passed on to their offspring. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
He reasoned that if the human population continued to grow unchecked sooner or later there would be insufficient living space and food for everyone Thomas Malthus
Published in 1798, Malthus predicts that the human population will grow faster than the space and food supplies needed to sustain it Essay on the Principles of Population
In 1858, he wrote to Darwin, speculating on evolution by natural selection, based on his studies of the distribution of plants and animals Alfred Russel Wallace
A book by Charles Darwin published in 1859 that proposed a mechanism for evolution by natural selection On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
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