Naturalist on the ship called The Beagle. Collected many different species of plants and animals.

idea that millions of years took place between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.

Buried evidence of something that lived at one time

The death of all individuals of a species

Person who studies the materials, processes and history of the Earth

Medical doctors, Came up with the idea he called, uniformitarianism, only natural forces produce what we observe over longtime periods with no major catastrophes.

Idea that the days of Genesis 1 were long time peeriods that overlapped with each other.

a rock with eyes and hair that are bought to take care of

Hebrew word for day

Very Small changes (variations) in existing DNA

Zoologist who presented the idea that all organisms were related to teach other by descent over long ages of time.

Idea that many small changes over long periods of time add up to large changes.

Rock that is formed by erosion where rock particles pile p and are compressed into rock

The idea that everything is the result of very slow natural processes with no impact from major catastrophes

word used to refer to the origin of life itself

A canal engineer, Developed the idea that we could date a particular layer of rock by the types of fossils they contain.

fossils of most animal forms appear all at once in the sedimentary rods labeled as Cambrian

Rock formed by high pressure and/or high temperature

Similar to Darwinism except that the evolutionary changes occur in spurts with ice intervals in between.

Group who advance a theistic evolution by treating the interpretations of people in science (no the data of science) at the same level of authority as God and His Word

Romans who said the the Earth itself yielded plant and animal forms

Darwinian evolution where the ability to reproduce many organisms is more important than the survival of fittest

Rock formed by cooling molten volcanic rock

The idea that young are formed from inheritance factors from all over the parent’s bodies rather than the chromosomes in the egg and sperm

Period in time where if evolution were not true people didn’t know where life came from