Theory
 
Hypothesis
 
Theories to explain diversity in historical context
 
Scala naturae
 
Natural Theology
 
Linnaeus
 
Cuvier
 
Catastrophism
 
Hutton
 
Lyell
 
Gradualism
 
Uniformitarianism
 
Lamarck
 
Use and disuse
 
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
 
Darwin
 
HMS Beagle
 
Galapagos Islands
 
1859
 
Main points of “Origin of Species"
 
Natural selection
 
Descent with modification
 
Logic of Darwin's theory of natural selection (p. 444)
 
competition
 
evolution
 
Summary of Natural Selection (p. 445)
 
artificial selection
 
Examples of natural selection
 
Evidence best explained by theory of evolution
 

• Homologous structures
   
  
• divergent evolution
   
  
• vestigial structures
   
  
• developmental biology
   
  
• biochemical and genetic analyses
   
  
• biogeography