Module 4: Evolution - Part III

The main idea of this theory is the Inheritance of Acquired Traits.

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

According to his theory, the bodies of living organisms were modified through the use and disuse of certain body parts based on the need of the organism to adapt to an ever changing environment

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

This is the most believed theory.

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

Natural selection as a mechanism of evolution.

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

Fusion between Gregor Mendel's Theory of Inheritance and Darwin's Natural Selection.

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

Population Genetics as a basis for inheritance including genetic variation, natural selection and mendelian inheritance

• Lamarckism/Lamarck’s Theory

• Darwinism/Darwin-Wallace Theory

• Modern Synthesis Theory

Fossils are body parts of living organisms that are buried for a long period of time. Fossil records gave Darwin ideas about the inhabitants of the earth and their anatomy. What evidence of evolution is this?

• Paleontology/Fossil Records

• Geographical Distribution

• Comparative Anatomy

• Comparative Embryology

• Biochemistry

It is believed that the world is consisting of a large mass of continent called Pangaea. What evidence of evolution is this?

• Paleontology/Fossil Records

• Geographical Distribution

• Comparative Anatomy

• Comparative Embryology

• Biochemistry

There are fossil records and species of the same origins that can be found in places that were believed once connected. What evidence of evolution is this?

• Paleontology/Fossil Records

• Geographical Distribution

• Comparative Anatomy

• Comparative Embryology

• Biochemistry

It is the comparative study of the body structures of different species of animals in order to understand the adaptive changes they have undergone in the course of evolution from common ancestors. What evidence of evolution is this?

• Paleontology/Fossil Records

• Geographical Distribution

• Comparative Anatomy

• Comparative Embryology

• Biochemistry