Charles Darwin Research Paper

Evolution is the gradual development of living organisms. It is the process by which different kinds of living organisms are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth. The process is slow and changes animals and plants. Lots of evidence has been collected for more than 50 years by scientists. Many theories have been supported by this evidence on what evolution is and the process of it (Montgomery, 2009).

Charles Darwin was a English naturalist and geologist. He was born in 1809 and died in 1882. Darwin had many theories as to how evolution worked and how species evolved over time to create what they are nowadays. Darwin’s most famous theory is natural selection which is the change of evolution through the

Lamarck has a few very popular ideas on evolution. His most famous being that organisms driven to greater complexity which means as organisms adapted to their surroundings, nature also drove them from simple forms to increasingly complex ones. Another very popular theory of Lamarck is the change through use and disuse which is when the environment changes organisms and then they had to change their behaviour to survive, if the organism began to use an organ more than they had in the past it would therefore increase its lifetime. An example of use and disuse is how giraffes got there long necks, according to Lamarck giraffes started off with small necks but had to reach higher for leaves on the tree, this has resulted in the evolution through generations of giraffes reaching for leaves. Lamarck also crated the theory of evolution by natural a process which is when life took its current form through natural processes and not through miraculous interventions. Darwin and Lamarck are both very famous for their theories but another scientist who isn’t as well known is Alfred Wallace, he also has theories on evolution.

Alfred Wallace was among many things, a British naturalist. Wallace was very lucky as he worked with Charles Darwin at one point in time. Alfred was born in 1823 and died in 1913. Wallace’s best theory is intelligent design which is common descent upon natural selection. It is the idea that no organ or attribute of an organism will be developed and retained unless it feels it is a survival advantage. This theory of evolution is very similar to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; however, Darwin got most of the credit for his theories rather than