Comparison of the evolution theories of Charles Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck In this essay I am going to compare the theories of Charles Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Charles Darwin was a British Scientist who lived between 1809-1882. He laid down the foundation of modern evolutionary theory with his concept of the development of life through the slow working process of natural selection. Darwin started to make notes about this theory in 1836 and in 1838 he had …showed first 75 words of 536 total…

…showed last 75 words of 536 total…the species offspring. The differences are that Darwin suggests that it is the species best suited for the conditions, which would survive and spread among the islands. Lamarck on the other hand thought that the species adapted to suit the conditions that they lived in. In conclusion I think that Darwin theory at first was not popular, but then as his theory could be proven it was the more accepted one out of the two.