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1. Describe how the scientific view of nature changed from classical “essentialism” to modern evolutionary theory.

2. What are the major differences between Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection and Lamarck’s inheritance of acquired characteristics?

3. What is the significance of “The Evolutionary Synthesis”? What two major scientific ideas (fields) did it unify?

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