For notes and materials about the evidence that Darwin used to support "descent with modification" (i.e., "evolution") and to refute alternative hypotheses, click on Darwin's Evidence. For notes and materials on the mechanism ("natural selection") Darwin discovered to explain both species divergence and adaptation, click on Darwin's Mechanism. Please note that the lecture notes are simply outlines that may help you organize the material in the relevant chapters of Darwin's "Origin of Species", and can in no way substitute for an actual reading. |
