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Evolution: Evolution

Natural Selection

Click the image above to view an animation of Darwin's journey on the Beagle.

Mrs. Melinson defines....

 "Microevolution is what we witness in changes within species and populations. Macroevolution is grand scale evolution where species arise from other species and have common descent, which is something we can't witness but that scientists believe fossil evidence provides clues to."

Selected websites

Theories

Darwin was not the first or only scientist to theorize about evolution. 

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Darwin's Theory

Click the title page above  to read Darwin's book. Includes links to his other publications.

In the News

Introduction to Evolution

Five Fingers of Evolution

Myths and Misconceptions

Evolution - Natural Selection

Natural Selection - Examples