Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin

• By DJ Beaupre

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Charles Darwin

• 12 February 1809)Mount House, Shrewsbury,
  Shropshire, England
• He described unifying logical explanation for the
  diversity of life
• Darwin developed his interest in natural history
  while studying first medicine at Edinburgh
  University

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Darwin

• Kept many journals on different species on the
  galphogos islands
• Was not positive about his theroys
• Made first speculations from an ape in the zoo
  and noted its child-like behavior

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Theory of Evolution

• In biology, evolution is the change in the
  inherited traits of a population from generation
  to generation
• Evolution occurs when these heritable differences
  become more common or rare in a population,
  either non-randomly through natural selection or
  randomly through genetic drift

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Other facts on evolution

• Evolution influences every aspect of the form and
  behavior of organisms
• Interactions between organisms can produce both
  conflict and co-operation
• Not all interactions between species end in
  conflict
• Extinction is a large part of evolution

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Scopes Monkey Trial

• John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution
  in his high school Biology class

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Inherit the wind

• William Jennings Bryan was represented by Matthew
  Harrison Brady
• Clarence Darrow represented Henry Drummond
• John Scopes is played by Bert Cates
• Paul Patterson is played by E.K. Hornbeck

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Scopes Monkey Trial

• On the seventh day of the trial, Clarence Darrow
  took the unorthodox step of calling William
  Jennings Bryan