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Evolution quiz

Every question below is derived from a reviewed claim about evolution, with a real explanation shown once you submit.

ExplorerQuestion 1 of 4

Who proposed natural selection as the principal mechanism of evolution, publishing 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859?

InvestigatorQuestion 2 of 4

Which of these is NOT one of the requirements for natural selection to occur in a population?

InvestigatorQuestion 3 of 4

An individual animal's own heritable traits can change during its lifetime through natural selection.

ScientistQuestion 4 of 4

What did the twentieth-century Modern Synthesis combine to form a single quantitative framework for evolutionary biology?