READ: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

READ: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

8. Summary

Lesson Summary

  • Evolution is change in species over multiple generations.
  • Natural selection is how evolution occurs.
  • Adaptations are the result of natural selection.
  • Charles Darwin is credited with developing the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
  • Darwin collected much of his evidence on a five year voyage around the world, with much of his data collected on the Galápagos Islands.
  • The work of many others contributed to Darwin's theory.
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