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Matric IEB Life Sciences: Origins and Evolution

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, · Not hypothesis ,
extensive and repeated observations experiments
to support it
. No new information disapproves of it
.




key role players in
developing the Theory of Evolution
Dr Erasmus Darwin. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Species change overtime , Provided mechanism for
species change :
no reason provided Species acquired trait
through the use disuse of a body part to fultil a



Age of earth is older than need niche .
Threater trait becomes hereditary
believed thousands. Theory is incorrect , no correlation to
genes.

1780 1800 1900


Charles Darwin
HMS beagle
Differences w/
5 year around the south to collect data about species.
,
voyage specieslivinis
but different arca



Discoveries : Diversity and fossil
of species, variation w/in a species , illogical distribution of species records to

account for extinction of
species .




With the help of Alfred Russel Wallee
* Darwin's
Origin of species book
·


Theory of natural selection
1 .
Variation .
2 Environmenta change pressure .
3 Environment conditions favours certain individuals. Favour

individuals will thrive compared to others, have better reproductive success .
3 Favoured genes are passed on

·

Descent with modification
All related descended from Ancestral divide and adapt to loca
organisms a common ancestor .

species new


conditions .
They become modified and diversity into new species usually over millions of years

Scientific Theory



Biological evolution

Change in the
gene pool of a
population over time due to processes such as mutation , natural selection and

genetic dritt.
Modification by descent
·




Lines of evolution evidence



Genetics Strong
1.

All Genes how
organisms have
show descended from
·


DNA and RNA mRNA . can species a common ancestor an


how closely related to each other they are



Fossils of extinct species
show change over time
2.

Fossil Records
strong
Increase fossils complex fossils rocks
·


in complexity w time , simplest oldest rocks , more newer


Increase in diversity over time

Descent with modification , modern species fossils can be traced back showing changes that occurred.



Transitional fossils , have given and elephant
suggest to the wolly mammoth
·

one
group may rise other .





Chemical evidence carbon be used to date fossils
dating can




can be used
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