Evolution is
the cumulative
change in the
heritable
characteristics
of a population
Evidence for Evolution
1) Adaptive
Radiation/Homologous
Structures
2) Fossil Records
Direct
Indirect
Law of
Fossil
Succession
Fossilization
3) Selective
Breeding
Annotations:
Examples:
Breeding horses for speed (race horses) versus strength and endurance (draft horses)
Breeding dogs for herding (sheepdogs), hunting (beagles) or racing (greyhounds)
Breeding cattle for increased meat production or milk
Breeding zebras in an attempt to retrieve the colouration gene from the extinct Quagga
4) Natural
Selection
C. Darwin
5) Variation
Mutation
Meiosis
Sexual
Reproduction
Carbon Dating
Ancestral Background
Binomial
System
Classification of Animals and Plants
"King Phillip Came Over For Group Sex"
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Species