Activity: Research on 5 theories of Evolution.

Theory: Evolution

Scientist who discovered or proposed the theory: Charles Darwin

Description: The process through which organisms change over time to accommodate their environment
as it changes.

Evidence: Fossils, Embryo development, comparative anatomy

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Theory: Common descent

Scientist who discovered or proposed the theory: Charles Darwin

Description: When a single species is the common ancestor of two or more distinct species.

Evidence: Homologous structures

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Theory: Gradualism

Scientist who discovered or proposed the theory: James Hutton

Description: A pattern of long-term evolutionary change that is sustained, directed, and gradual in
nature.

Evidence: Fossil records

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Theory: Multiplication of species

Scientist who discovered or proposed the theory: Charles Darwin

Description: When a species multiplies, it does so either through the creation of daughter species or
through "budding," or the production of founder populations in geographically isolated areas that
develop into new species.

Evidence: A branch point in the phylogenetic tree.

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Theory: Natural Selection

Scientist who discovered or proposed the theory: Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin

Description: The process by which organisms adjust to their surroundings.

Evidence: Fossil layers, Similarities among organisms, DNA, and embryos, and lastly, ancient organism
remains.

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