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===Development of the Theory of Evolution===
====Creationism====
: Before a '''theory of evolution''' [[Christian]]s believed that all the [[species]] on [[Earth]] were created in their current form just 6000 years ago when the [[Earth]] was created by [[God]]. (They arrived at this number by adding up the ages of the descendants of [[Adam and Eve]] until [[Jesus]].)
====Lamark's Theory of Evolution====
#[[Population]]s always produce more [[offspring]] than the environment can support which causes [[Competition (Biology)|competition]].
: This means that those with beneficial [[adaptation]]s will be more likely to survive and [[Reproduction|reproduce]]. The environment will [[Natural Selection|naturally select]] which [[organism]]s will pass on their features.
: [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] recognised that people would not believe himso he set out gathering and sorting [[Scientific Evidence|evidence]] for his '''Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection'''.