ABSTRACT
The principle of continental drift, first proposed by Alfred Lothar Wegener in 1912, both supports and is supported by the theory of evolution. The Ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander proposed that the first life forms lived in water and that from these creatures arose human beings. In 1809 Jean-Baptiste de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck proposed a detailed theory of evolutionary change over time in animal species. Charles Lyell, a great populariser of geology, found inconsistencies in Lamarck’s theory of constant change and was an opponent of Cuvier’s theory of catastrophism. Progressive mutation that is preserved and transmitted by the mechanism of particulate inheritance eventually leading to new species is the governing framework of evolution theory. Evolutionists point to a more complete fossil record which shows many adaptive branches that ultimately became extinct but are sufficient to provide heritage to successive adaption in others.
