There are five lines of evidence that support evolution: the fossil record, biogeography, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, and molecular biology. The basic idea of natural selection is that a population of organisms can change over the generations if individual having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other individuals. The result of natural selection is evolutionary adaptation, a population’s increase in the frequency of traits that are suited to the environment. In modern terms, we would say that the genetic makeup of the population has changed over time, and that is one way to define evolution. Evolution leaves observable signs. There are five lines of evidence that support evolution: the fossil record, biogeography, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, and molecular biology.
