Talk:Evolution

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Suggest dividing: Evolution,just explaining the contemporary theory, History of Evolutionary Thought, and Evidence for Evolution.DavidGoodman 23:09, 6 November 2006 (CST)

natural selection

Please be aware of the article Natural selection, which is probably the best done of the articles in this part of the field, even though Eolution seems to be the more logical central one. I do not think it good to start extensive editing in these areas until we straighten out the relationships.DavidGoodman 21:08, 24 November 2006 (CST)

Removed on article cleanup

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[[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|frame|left|[[Charles Darwin]] in 1854, five years before publishing ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]

[[Image:Mendel.png|frame|right|[[Gregor Mendel]]'s work on the [[Mendelian inheritance|inheritance]] of traits in pea plants laid the foundation for [[genetics]].]]

[[Image:Skelett vom Wal MK1888 ohne Text.gif|350px|thumb|Letter ''c'' in the picture indicates the undeveloped hind legs of a [[baleen whale]], [[vestigial structure|vestigial]] remnants of its terrestrial ancestors.]]

[[Image:dna-split.png|thumb|right|150px|Mutation occurs because of "copy errors" that occur during DNA replication.]]

[[Image:Peacock.displaying.better.800pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[peacock]]'s tail is the canonical example of [[sexual selection]]]]

[[Image:Evolution_evi_mig.png|350px|thumb|right|Map of the world showing distribution of [[camelid]]s. Solid black lines indicate possible migration routes.]]

[[Image:Allosaurus1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|An [[Allosaurus]] skeleton.]]

[[Image:Darwin's finches.jpeg|frame|right|The existence of several different, but related, finches on the [[Galápagos Islands]] is evidence of the occurrence of speciation.]]

[[Image:Darwin ape.jpg|left|150px|thumb|A satirical 1871 image of [[Charles Darwin]] as a quadrupedal [[ape]] reflects part of the social controversy over whether humans and other apes share a common lineage.]]

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