Darwin and his theory of evolution

Darwin's Proposition

Artificial selection and it's effect although it was applied on a small number of generations

Imagine the changes which might be effected if there were a similar force acting in nature over millions of years

the selective action of the struggle for existence between species and within species

If a change occurs in the environment, individuals will be exposed to new circumstances;These changes will favour the transmission of features that are advantageous in the new conditions.

prinicipale of evidence

Darwin's misconceptions

Evolution is a ladder of progress

evolutionary theory is a theory about the origin of life

the fact that the fossil record is not complete shows evolutionary theory to be false

evolution is not observable or testable

it is observable

the fossil record

study of living species(Darwin's finches)

Evolution and religion are imcompatible

Artificial selection

Darwin and Newton

both formulated theories that enabled people to understand the universe in a radically different way

Natural selection

It was the process of interaction between:

changes in the enviroment

competition between species

variation between species

EXCESS of procreation over the numbers the environment can support