Many original evolution documents (Darwin’s notebooks, Huxley’s letters) exist only as scanned images. Use:
The modern creationist movement argues that some biological systems are “irreducibly complex.” Courts and scientists have repeatedly ruled ID as a religious belief, not science (Kitzmiller v. Dover, 2005). arguing that over generations
| Year | Discovery | Significance | |------|-----------|---------------| | 1859 | Darwin’s On the Origin of Species | Natural selection established | | 1900 | Rediscovery of Mendel’s laws | Heredity explained | | 1944 | Avery, MacLeod, McCarty – DNA as genetic material | Genetic mechanism identified | | 1953 | Watson & Crick – DNA structure | Molecular evolution begins | | 1973 | The neutral theory (Motoo Kimura) | Most mutations are neutral, not selected | | 2001 | Human Genome Project | 99.9% DNA shared among all humans | | 2010+ | Ancient DNA (Neanderthal genome) | Gene flow between species confirmed | Many original evolution documents (Darwin’s notebooks
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Darwin drew parallels between artificial selection (dog breeding) and natural selection, arguing that over generations, beneficial traits allow organisms to survive and reproduce better. not science (Kitzmiller v. Dover
