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Evidence of Evolution
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What is Evolution?
• The change of a species population over generations
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What is Natural Selection?
• Organisms best suited to the environment reproduce more successfully
• Over generations, favorable traits increase in the population; unfavorable traits decrease
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DARWIN
RESEARCH?
Survival ofThe Fittest
EVIDENCE?
Biochemistry/DNA
ComparativeEmbryology
ComparativeAnatomy
BiogeographyFossil Record
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“CElia and FRed Bought CAndy Before Dinner”
CE – Comparative Embryology
FR – Fossil Record
Bg – Biogeography
CA – Comparative Anatomy
BD – Biochemistry/DNA
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Dating of Fossils• Relative Dating
• Fossils in the lower layers of the Earth are older and less complex than fossils in the upper layers
• Absolute Dating
• Age is determined by measuring the amount of radioactive evidence • Carbon 12 versus Carbon 14 Half-life
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Biogeography
• Study and comparison of fossils and living organisms and where they are located (geographical distribution)
• Animals on islands look like others on the closest land mass rather than far away distances
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Comparative Anatomy
• Homologous Structures
• Analogous Structures
• Vestigial Structures
• Embryonic Structures
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Homologous Structures
• Same structure, but different function
• Originated from a common or shared ancestor
• Example: human and penguin arms
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Homologous Structures
Very similar skeletal structures
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Analogous Structures• Same functions, but different
structures
• Find a similar solutions to same problem
• Example: bird and bee wings
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Analogous Structures• Both organisms
can hover to feed on flowers, but there is NO ANATOMICAL OR EMBRYOLOGICAL SIMILARITY between the wings.
• Their wings evolved independently and differently.
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Vestigial Structures• Functionless structure that
occurs in present-day organisms, but had function in an ancient species
• Examples• Tailbone and appendix in
humans• Pelvic bone in whales and
snakes
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Embryonic Development(Embryology)
• Similar structures are found in embryos of different species.
• This shows that they share a common ancestor.
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Embryonic Development(Embryology)
• Each embryo had gill slits and a tail in the early stages of development
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Biochemistry and DNA• In organisms, amino acid
sequences are very similar, BUT not exact.• Example – Hemoglobin
• The more similar the homologous proteins in different species, the more closely related
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Patterns of Evolution
• Coevolution• The change in two or more species
in close association with each other• Example:
• Humming bird and the flower of the plant it feeds on
• Butterfly and the flower of the plant it feeds on
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Patterns of Evolution• Convergent evolution
• Unrelated species can develop similar characteristics• Example: shark, penguin, and
porpoise share similar characteristics that suit their environment
• Long stream-lined body• Fins that match in appearance and
function
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Convergent Evolution
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Patterns of Evolution
• Divergent evolution• Two or more related populations
or species become more dissimilar over time (they adapt to their environment)• Example: finches have different
beaks due to different environments/food sources
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Divergent Evolution