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Title of Paper : Theory of Evolution

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS             Page

INTRODUCTION ............................................... 2

DARWINIAN THEORY OF EVOLUTION .............................. 4

THE THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION:

            CONTRIBUTING ELEMENTS ....................... 7

WALLACE'S CONTRIBUTIONS ................................... 13

HARDY-WEINBERG PRINCIPLE .................................. 15

COMPARISON: LAMARCK vs. DARWIN ........................... 16

DARWIN'S INFLUENCES ....................................... 20

METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC DEDUCTION ........................... 23

LIMITS TO DARWIN'S THEORY ................................. 25

MORPHOLOGICAL & BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS ....................... 27

BIO-EVOLUTION: POPULATION vs. INDIVIDUALS ................ 29

   

MECHANISMS FOR GENETIC VARIATION .......................... 31

GENETIC VARIATION AND SPECIATION .......................... 35

DARWIN'S FINCHES .......................................... 37

SPECIATION vs. CONVERGENT EVOLUTION ....................... 39

CONCEPT OF ADAPTATION ..................................... 41

PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM .................................... 43

VALUE/LIMITATIONS: THE THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION .... 45

ALTERNATE EXPLANATIONS OF BEING ........................... 47

CONCLUSIONS ............................................... 48

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Submitted by: 123student
Date Submitted: 04-02-2007
Category: Social Issues
Words: 4534
Pages: 18.14