J. Hutton (1785) & C. Lyell (1830) "It is by faithfully weighing evidence, without regard to preconceived notions, by earnestly and patiently searching for what is true, that we have attained our dignity..." Geological formations are the result of slow, repeated natural processes (p. Where did the concept of evolution come from? Jean Baptiste Lamarck, 1801 Evolution by (the theory of) inheritance of acquired characteristics (p. Figure 14-4 Biology: Life on Earth 8/e 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc. What explains the specific patterns of fossils found in the geological record? Figure 14-4 Biology: Life on Earth 8/e 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall, Inc. What explains the pattern of plant fossils in the geological record? What explains why dino coprolites do not contain flowering plant remnants?) Coprolites (p. Scientifically observable facts require explanation (why do we observe what we do?) What best explains the presence of vestigial limbs in snakes? (p. What explains flight