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Biology 101-Evolution
Evolution
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/28/2009

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Darwin
Definition
The Origin of Species/ sat for 8 years
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Darwins Voyage
Definition
Voyage of the Beagle. 5 years long when he was 22 years old. round the world to the Galapagos Islands
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Alfred Russell Wallace
Definition
theory of evolution at same time as Darwin
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Charles Lyell
Definition
How old the Earth is
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Ernst Haeckel
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Recapitulation
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Recapitulation
Definition
embriologically go through phases of evolutionary past.
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Ida
Definition
missing link
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Evolution
Definition
Descent with modification by natural selection
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Concepts of Evolution
Definition
populations evolve, more born than survive, more advantageous traits passed on through generations, based on random mutations
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Differential Reproductive Success
Definition
bad traits dont survive, good traits survive.
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Evidence for Evolution
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Fossil record, comparative anatomy, genetics, molecular chemistry, embryology, mathematical
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Piltdown Man
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skull with human cranium and ape jow bone-faked
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alternative evolution theory
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intelligent design
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Percent of living things that have went extinct?
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99%
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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science vs. religion 1925
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Chimp common traits
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95-98%, parental care, conscious thought, social structre, problem solving, mating practice, medicinal plants.
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