• summarize three main problems of (and one potential weakness in) Darwin's evolutionary
theory when it was presented and if, and if so, how have they been resolved today
describe the background to the controversy that finally lead to the so called 'modern
synthesis' and how the controversy was resolved
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• define the meaning of the following terms: evolution, gradualism, catastrophism,
creationism, natural selection, uniformitarianism and explain how they relate to the theory
of evolution