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10.

1 Early Ideas About Evolution


KEY CONCEPT There were theories of biological and geologic change before Darwin.

Hutton & Lyell proposed that the Earth was much older than most people had thought back in the 1800s.

10.1 Early Ideas About Evolution


Theories of geologic change set the stage for Darwins theory. There were three theories of geologic change. catastrophism gradualism uniformitarianism

11.6 Patterns in Evolution


Mass extinctions are rare but much more intense. destroy many species at global level thought to be caused by catastrophic events at least five mass extinctions in last 600 million years

11.6 Patterns in Evolution

Do you think extinctions are occurring at a faster rate today than they were in 1900?

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