Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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GCSE Biology Mind Map on Darwin's Theory of Evolution, created by Amalie Primdal on 04/03/2018.
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Darwin's Theory of Evolution
  1. In the 18th century people began to accept that two organisms evolve into one.
    1. In 1859 Darwin Published a book
    2. Genetic Variation
      1. Characteristics of individuals vary due to differences in genes
      2. Environmental change
        1. Conditions in an area change, lack of resources (food) causes more competition between organisms.
        2. Natural Selection
          1. By chance, the variation of some individuals make them better at coping than others
            1. 'Survival of the fittest'
          2. Inheritance
            1. Survivors breed and pass on their variations, to their offspring, so the next generation contains more individuals with better adapted variations
            2. Evolution
              1. If enviornmental conditions remain changed, natural selection occurs over and over again, and a new specie evolves with all the individuals having the better adapted variations
              2. Darwin (1809-1832)
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