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| Unifying theory of biology |
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| Change in population gene frequencies over time, small change over long time, evidence of natural selection |
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| "Great Chain of Being", linear system, species are fixed and unchanging |
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| Binomial nomenclature, and Taxonomic classification, unchanging order by god, adaptions for a reason |
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| Found in sedimentary rock |
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| Rock that represents time passing |
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| Study of strata and fossil to learn about big events that killed all life |
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| Gradualism, change through cumulative slow continuous processes |
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| Things that happened in the past are still happening |
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| Plants and animals produce more offspring than can survive, outstrip food supply, thus causing a struggle for survival |
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| Evolution through use and disuse of a trait, and that you inherit acquired traits. But none of this is supported by research |
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| Inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction in certain environments |
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| Driving force behind adaption, favorable traits have best chance of being passed down |
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| What does Natural Selection Explain |
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| Adaption, unity, and diversity of life |
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| Modern Theory of Evolution |
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| Populations evolve, not the individual |
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| Selects for resistant individuals in population |
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| Similar bone structures in related species |
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| Structures that are unusable now |
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| Similar structures in unrelated species, convergent evolution |
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| Transitional Fossil Record |
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| Fossil forms consistent with major branches of decent in tree of life |
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| Geographic distribution of species |
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