Scientists
Wrote "The Origin of Species"
Who is Charles Darwin?
The island chain that inspired Darwin's ideas
What is the Galápagos Islands?
Same structure, different function
Homologous structures (like forelimbs of humans, whales, bats, dogs)
Believed that species evolved by acquiring traits during their lifetimes and then passed them along
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Organism whose differences island-to-island inspired Darwin's ideas
Leftover structures with no current use
Vestigial structures
First to show that Earth was millions of years old (and not just 1,000 years old)
Hutton and Lyell
What did Darwin NOT know about when he described inherited variations in organisms?
What is genetics?
Fossil that shows the link between an ancient ancestor and current species
Transitional fossil
Had similar ideas to Darwin at the same time; pushed him to publish
Who is Alfred Wallace?
Darwin's Dad wanted him to grow up to do what?
What is doctor or minister?
Similarities in this basic building block of life show evidence of closeness of ancestors
What is DNA?
The name of the ship that carried Darwin around the world
What is the Beagle?
Similarities in structure shortly after fertilization as organisms develop show evidence of common ancestry
What is an embryo?