Evolutionary Discoveries Quiz

Darwin proposed natural selection as the mechanism for evolution.

HMS Beagle was the ship that Charles Darwin sailed on during his famous voyage.

Adaptation is the process by which organisms evolve new traits in response to environmental changes.

Embryology is the study of organism development from fertilization to birth or hatching.

Biogeography is the study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

Lamarck proposed the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

Convergent evolution occurs when unrelated species develop similar traits due to similar environmental pressures.

Sewall Wright proposed the concept of genetic drift.

Adaptation involves an organism changing its behavior to enhance survival in its environment.

Kimura Motoo proposed the theory of neutral evolution.

Charles Darwin proposed sexual selection as a mechanism for evolution.

Stephen Jay Gould proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge.

Lynn Margulis proposed the theory of endosymbiosis for the origin of eukaryotic cells.

Adaptive radiation is the process where one species diversifies into several to occupy ecological niches.

Richard Dawkins proposed the theory of the selfish gene.

W.D. Hamilton proposed the theory of group selection as a mechanism for evolution.

Fred Hoyle proposed the theory of panspermia, suggesting life on Earth originated from space.