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Evolution, by definition, is “the process in which significant changes in the inheritable traits of a species or population occur over time” (Biology 12, 2003). Charles Darwin is the founder of the theory of natural selection. This theory is based on the survival of the fittest, and whoever can adapt the best to its environment will survive. Comte Georges Louis de Leclerc Buffon, Jean Baptist Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, Sir Charles Lyell, Nicholas Steno and Leonardo da Vinci’s theories all lend themselves to the belief that evolution is occurring. (Biology 12, 2003). Comte Georges Louis de Leclerc Buffon’s theory states that similar organisms developed from an organism which may have contributed to the development of other organisms. For example, it is believed that human beings dev