Evolution
10.1 Early Ideas About Evolution
What is Evolution? What does it mean to evolve?
Evolution of Dance
Scientist_________________Contribution
Carlous Linnaeus: A Swedish botanist scientist who classified organisms according to their similarities. "Father of Taxonomy". He was credited for creating a classification system forspecies (organisms that are closely related, can mate, and reproduce) which we still use today!
Georges Buffon: A French naturalist who proposed organisms came from related species and did not arise separately. He rejected the idea that the Earth was 6000 years old
Erasmus Darwin: An English doctor/poet (Charles Darwin's Grandpa) proposed all living things descended from a common ancestor.
Jean Baptiste Lamarck: A French Naturalist who proposed changes in the environment cause organisms to change. The need for a giraffe to reach the high leaves and stretch its neck caused the giraffe change over time.
Theory of Acquired Characteristics: is the idea that an organism can pass on characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime to its offspring
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Charles Lyell & James Hutton: The Earth has changed in the past and those changes are still occurring today!
Exit Ticket: Define what is evolution in your own words. Name two scientists who contributed to the Theory of Evolution.
10.2 Darwin's Observations
Charles Darwin:
Charles Darwin Video
HMS Beagle Voyage
Each organism had adapted to its environment. The physical appearance of each organism told Darwin what the organism fed on. These adaptations can lead to genetic change over time in a population.
Variation: differences in traits from one individual to another from the same species.
Inter specific variation: variation among members of different species.
Intra specific variation: variation among individuals of the same species.
Adaptation: an organisms ability to better survive and reproduce. Ex: Tortoise Shells and Neck Length
This is a picture of Glyptodons, distant prehistoric relatives of modern armadillos. These fossils were found by Charles Darwin and led him to believe animals found today are were much different than those that roamed in the past.
What could account for the marine animals Darwin found on top of modern-day mountain ranges?
Galapagos Island
10.3 Natural Selection
What is Natural Selection?
Back to back activity:
Think of an example where nature selected a certain trait to live an another to parish.
How is this different from Artificial Selection?
Artificial Selection involves humans selecting what traits are going to be passed on to future generations.
Examples:
The Perfect Dog
Pigeon Breeding
The passing of unique traits from parent to offspring is known as Heritability.
All Evolution is the change in an organisms traits over time. These characteristics help organisms survive and be better adapted than other organism. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST (ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE).
How does a organism become "fit"? Fitness is characterized as the ability to survive and reproduce
Nautilus Natural Selection Video
Natural Selection
10.4 Evidence of Evolution
Evolution
Evidence of evolution is found all over the world.
The study of organisms distributed around the world and fossils on Earth is called BIOGEOGRAPHY.
Divergent vs Parallel vs Convergent Evolution
Divergent Evolution: 1 species over time splits up and both evolve separately looking very different from one another.
Convergent Evolution: 2 different species evolving similar traits.
Homologous Structures: Body parts that are similar in structure but are different in function.
Vestigial Structures: body parts that functioned in an earlier ancestor.
Embryonic Development:
Fossils: ancient remains of organisms that lived long ago.
How do we know its age?
Are we speeding up Evolution?
How did we get here? How long did it take?
What Darwin Never Knew
Variation
