text: could you give me some topics for my evolution presentation? 10 points for most helpful response! darwins finches - geographic isolation & distribution as a mechanism for speciation.  old & new world monkeys-tailed vs. tailess  australia! effect of  plate tectonics, geographic isolation , removal of natural predators.  the hardy-weinberg equilibrium for population genetics as an explanation for the development of new species (some simple math)  early evolution theories/biogenesis: jean baptise lamarck's  theories (how the giraffe got a long neck,etc.). theory disproved by francisco redi, august weissman, louis pasteur, l.  spallanzani, others.  darwins theory- step by step ,with examples.  support for the weak point in darwin's theory (variation)- a modern approach.