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Charles Darwin, a 19th-century British naturalist, is renowned for his theory of evolution by natural selection, articulated in his 1859 work 'On the Origin of Species.' He proposed that all life shares a common ancestor and introduced sexual selection to explain certain traits. In contrast, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, an 18th-century French naturalist, suggested that organisms evolve through the inheritance of acquired characteristics, a theory now largely overshadowed by Darwin's findings.

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Charles Darwin, a 19th-century British naturalist, is renowned for his theory of evolution by natural selection, articulated in his 1859 work 'On the Origin of Species.' He proposed that all life shares a common ancestor and introduced sexual selection to explain certain traits. In contrast, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, an 18th-century French naturalist, suggested that organisms evolve through the inheritance of acquired characteristics, a theory now largely overshadowed by Darwin's findings.

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-Charles Darwin, a 19th-century British naturalist,


revolutionized our understanding of life through
his theory of evolution by natural selection. In his
seminal work, "On the Origin of Species,"
published in 1859, Darwin articulated how species
evolve over time in response to environmental
pressures, with individuals best adapted to their
Dates :
surroundings being more likely to survive and August 1831: Darwin is invited to join HMS
reproduce. Beagle as a naturalist for a surveying voyage
to South America.

1835: The Galapágos Islands


-Another pivotal contribution from Darwin is the
concept of all life sharing a common ancestor, 24 November 1859: Darwin publishes "On the
Origin of Species," introducing his theory of
depicted as the "tree of life." This perspective evolution by natural selection. ​
unified the biological sciences by suggesting that
the diversity of life stems from a shared origin.
Context :

-Darwin also introduced the concept of sexual The belief that God created
selection to explain traits that do not appear mankind in his own image and
directly related to survival, such as the elaborate likeness were shared by most
plumage of certain birds, but which enhance scientists until the middle of
reproductive success. His observations on the the XIX century.
geographical distribution of species and the study They thought all the creatures
of the planet had been
of fossils reinforced the idea that species adapt
conceived by a divine force
to their environments, leading to the formation of
new species over time.
Charles darwin
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, an 18th-century


French naturalist, was a pioneering figure in
early evolutionary theory. In his 1809 work,
Philosophie Zoologique, Lamarck proposed
that organisms evolve over time through
adaptation to their environments. He
introduced the concept that traits acquired or
Dates :
diminished during an organism's lifetime could
1802: Introduced the term "biology" in its modern
be inherited by its offspring, a mechanism now sense, emphasizing the study of living
referred to as the inheritance of acquired organisms.

characteristics. 1809: Released Philosophie zoologique, where he


articulated his theory of evolution, proposing that
For example, Lamarck suggested that giraffes organisms evolve through the inheritance of
acquired characteristics.
developed long necks because their ancestors
stretched to reach higher foliage, and this
acquired trait was inherited by subsequent
Context :
generations.
Additionally, Lamarck proposed that simple life The belief that God created
forms continuously arise through spontaneous mankind in his own image and
generation and evolve into more complex likeness were shared by most
organisms over time, driven by an inherent scientists until the middle of
tendency toward increasing complexity. the XIX century.
Although Lamarck's ideas have been largely They thought all the creatures
superseded by Darwinian evolution and modern of the planet had been
conceived by a divine force
genetics

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