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Darwinian Revolution
Darwinian Revolution
REVOLUTION
CHARLES DARWIN
Birthdate: February 12, 1809
NATURAL SELECTION
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“IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE SPECIES
THAT SURVIVES, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT,
BUT THE ONE MOST RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE.”
-CHARLES DARWIN
EXAMPLES
PROCESSES OF NATURAL SELECTION
• VARIATION
• INHERITANCE
• HIGH RATE POPULATION
• DIFFFERENTIAL SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION
EVIDENCE OF NATURAL SELECTION
• EMBRYOLOGY
ANATOMY
PALEONTOLOGY
MOLECULAR AND GENETIC
SIGNIFICANCE OF DARWINIAN
REVOLUTION
• Genetics
• Taxonomy
• Evolutionary Biology
• Philosophy of Biology
• Antropocentrism