The Theory of Evolution
by Jordan Rhodes
1. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
1.1. Law of Use and Disuse
1.1.1. changes passed to offspring
1.1.2. change from environment adaptation
1.1.3. used parts are strong
1.1.4. weak parts will deteriorate
1.1.5. change organ shape/size
1.1.6. life actives change genes
1.2. change occurs over time
1.3. environment shapes species
2. Carolus Linnaeus
2.1. grouped similar species
2.2. gave them Latin names
2.2.1. Genus species
2.2.2. Binomial nomenclature
3. Georges Cuvier
3.1. Catastrophism
4. James Hutton
4.1. Gradualism
5. Charles Lyell
5.1. Uniformitarianism
5.2. geological processes
5.3. Earth millions old
6. Aristotle
6.1. species static from complexity
6.1.1. around for 200 years
6.1.2. worms less complex than snakes
7. Charles Darwin
7.1. random variation
7.2. struggle for existence
7.2.1. too many individuals
7.3. naturalist
7.4. survival of the fittest
7.4.1. characteristics inherited for environment
7.4.1.1. produce more offspring
7.4.2. less fit characteristics
7.4.2.1. species die off possibly
7.5. stable population size
7.6. patterns of diversity
7.7. species not evenly distributed
8. Thomas Malthus
8.1. struggle for existence
8.2. too many offspring produced
8.3. death rate
8.3.1. population size
8.3.2. food supply