22_达尔文的进化观.pptVIP

Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life Overview: Endless Forms Most Beautiful A new era of biology began in 1859 when Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species which focused biologists’ attention on the great diversity of organisms. Darwin noted that current species are descendants of ancestral species. Evolution can be defined by Darwin’s phrase: descent with modification. Evolution can be viewed as both a pattern and a process. Carolus Linnaeus was the founder of taxonomy, the branch of biology concerned with classifying organisms. Paleontology, the study