Charles Darwin

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Palaeolithic

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Hominin Fossil Timeline Template

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Tree Gazing

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Evolution of Mankind

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Charles Darwin

Misconceptions and their corrections

Mentions origins of life in his book

Dosn't talk about creation

Man evolved from apes/monkeys

Man/apes/monkeys evolved from common ancestor

Key terms relating to evolution

Principle of Divergence

Species arose by common descent, as a result of divergence from a common stock.

Natural selection

The process by which favorable traits that are heritable become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing organisms, and unfavorable traits that are heritable become less common.

Events of life that led to theory of evolution

The fossil record

Journey of the Beagle

The Beagle survey took five years, two-thirds of which Darwin spent on land. He carefully noted a rich variety of geological features, fossils and living organisms, and methodically collected an enormous number of specimens.This journey established him as a geologist.

Theology at Cambridge

Studying medicine at Edinburgh university