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Title: Evolution
Description: Overview of generic evolution from a biological perspective. In depth expert notes.
Description: Overview of generic evolution from a biological perspective. In depth expert notes.
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Bio study guide evolution
• Evolution – the development of new types of organisms from pre-existing
organisms over time
• Cuvier – studied different layers of rock and found that organisms were
different in different strata
• Lyell – Went against catastrophin, but believed in uniformationism and
thought the earth was millions of years old
• Lamark – thought that the populations changed over time
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• Darwin – sailed on the HMS beagle to the Galapagos to study species and
fossils along the way
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• Natural Selection – process where organisms better adapted to the
environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
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New traits can
appear by random mutations
3) Competition – organisms will compete with one another for limited
resources
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EVOLUTION
• Survival of the fittest – Darwin referred to organisms as being biologically fit
Title: Evolution
Description: Overview of generic evolution from a biological perspective. In depth expert notes.
Description: Overview of generic evolution from a biological perspective. In depth expert notes.