PPT-Lesson # 4: Evolution (On the Origins of Species

Modern Theory of Evolution Review Questions What structure does this picture represent Answer Homologous Traits What is an adaptation A A test for natural selection B A physical or behavioral characteristic that has developed to allow an organism to better survive in its environment. A Common Starting Point: Agrarian Bureaucracy. The Bourgeois Route. The Bourgeois Route. Variable 1: The Bourgeois Impulse. The Bourgeois Route. Variable 1: The Bourgeois Impulse. The Bourgeois Route. Scientific Theory. Social use of the word “theory”. Not the same as in science. Implies a hunch or a casual guess. Scientific Theory. 1. Highly probable explanation based on vast collections of scientific data. Change over time…. Geology. Began to study rock layers called strata. George Cuvier. Studied fossils. Found extinct species and noticed the deeper the fossil the more unique. Catastrophism. Charles Lyell. ancestor, ancestry . heritage . d. escend from, descendants . P. hysicist, oceanographer and broadcaster. Politician, Labour MP. English international cricketer. Film director. TV P. resenter, businesswoman. George E. Davis, MD . New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families. for. Child Trauma Academy. . Juvenile arrest rate highest ever in 1996 and then declined 48% by 2011. MALE AND FEMALE ARREST RATES—. Irreducible complexity of cells. Creationists argue that there is no catalyst or driving force to cause evolution, that the law of entropy means things become more disordered on their own. Biochemist Michael Behe popularized the concept of . A mechanism for change in populations.. Any change in the . inherited . traits within a population across generations. Individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and . produce more offspring. What do we use in order to determine evolutionary relationships?. Fossil Record. Anatomical Evidence. Molecular Evidence. Embryological Evidence. Evidence for Evolution. Fossil Record. Evidence for Evolution. Founder: Abraham. Formed: 2000 BCE. Where: Canaan. God: Yahweh. Canaan. History. Judaism is a religious tradition with origins dating back nearly four thousand years, rooted in the ancient near eastern region of Canaan (which is now Israel and Palestinian territories). Originating as the beliefs and practices of the people known as "Israel," classical, or rabbinic, Judaism did not emerge until the 1st century C.E. . Origins of the Cold War – . #8 Kennan’s Long Telegram & Containment. Developed by a young diplomat and State Department Soviet specialist, George F. Kennan. The Long . Telegram (1946) . was widely circulated within U.S. bureaucracy. I. Evolution and Evolutionary. Evolution—change in gene frequency in a population over time. Change must be genetic. Occurs in a population—not individuals. Time depends on how fast environment changes and how fast organisms reproduce. of . the Red . Queen. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA mandatory key information. A change in the traits of one species acts as a selection pressure on the other species. . Evolution. – when a species of plants or animals adapts to their environment in order to survive over a long period of time. Key points!. Species. Plants or Animals. Adaptations. In order to survive. . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.