Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Theories of evolution
- Not everyone agreed with Darwin...
- theory went against common religious beliefs about how
life on earth developed
- Darwin couldn't explain why new, useful
characteristics appeared and how they were
inherited
- not enough evidence to convince scientists
- Lamarck had a conflicting theory of evolution
- theory suggested that if a characteristic was
used a lot by an animal it would become
more developed.
- theory of evolution by natural selection is now widely accepted
- theory has been debated and tested independently by a wide range of scientists
- no one has proved it wrong
- plausible explanation for so many observations of plants and animals