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1、,Darwin&The theory of evolution,汇报人：陶昱如,CONTENTS,1.,Brief introduction of Darwin,2.,3.,The theory of evolution,Effects of Darwinism,Life of Charles Darwin,(1809-1882),1809:Darwin was born in Shrewsbury,England 1825-1827:as an apprentice doctor in the University of Edinburgh Medical School 1828-1831:

2、Christ College,Cambridge 1831-1836:the voyage lasted almost five years 1859:published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection 1882:died and buried in Westminster Abbey,he was honoured by a state funeral(国葬).,Darwins Finches,Chelonoidis galapagoensis,The theory of evolution,Brief intro

3、ductionn,Darwins theory of evolution is also called Darwinism. It is about the idea that all plants and animals develop gradually from simpler to more complicated forms by natural selection, which is the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for life in their environme

4、nt will continue to live, while all others will die.,New species appear,Those new species have evolved from older species,The evolution of species is the result of natural selection,The natural selection depends on variations and the maintenance of variations in spite of the tendency of natural selection to eliminate unfit variants,Effects of Darwinism,opposed by Christian theologians, they believed that the theory contradicted the Scripture .,on biology,on theology,stimulate research in m