Conflicting Viewpoints Evolution

What is the main phenomenon or idea that these scientists were working on.

Summarize Leclerc, Comte de Buffon's idea.

Summarize Lamarck's idea.

Summarize Darwin's idea.

What evidence did Leclerc Comte de Buffon use?

What evidence did Lamarck use?

What evidence did Darwin use?

How are the three scientists' ideas different?

How are the three scientists' ideas similar?

Traits can be inherited

Organisms can gain or lose traits based on need.

Adaptions to environment lead to new species.

An elephant's trunk can get larger from stretching to get to water farther away.

Which scientist thinks that having many offspring with large variety will lead to having more of that individuals traits in the next generation?

Agrees with John Needham who did a flawed experiment that supported spontaneous generation