Slide 1 Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829). Published his theory of evolution in 1809. Mechanism -- Inheritance of acquired characteristics. Darwin not first to suggest evolution…

Slide 1 The Inference of Common Cause Naturalized Aviezer Tucker Queen’s University Belfast Slide 2 Fig 5.1 Fifteen possible rooted trees (A) and three possible unrooted…

Slide 1 Chapter 22 Slide 2 Darwin’s origin of species challenged long-standing Western ideas, especially those of the Christian church Earth only a few thousand years old…

Slide 1 The Evidence for Evolution Slide 2 Species have changed through time and are related by descent from a common ancestor The primary mechanism of Evolutionary Change…

Slide 1 Process of Speciation Slide 2 How do natural selection and genetic drift create new species? –Speciation – formation of new species –Species – group of organisms…

Slide 1 So we come to Darwin First into medical school (forced by his parents) Then, after dropping out, into the seminary Finally he found his love of taxonomy and entomology…

Slide 1 D2.4 Adaptations Slide 2 Thousands of generations can be studied by looking at the fossil record of the species. – From this, Biologists can study the morphology…

Slide 1 Evolution & Natural Selection What does it mean to evolve? What causes evolution? What evidence do we have for evolution?VocabularyEvolution Natural Selection…

Slide 1 1 Change Happens: Let’s Deal With It! A Teachable Unit for Natural Selection Deena Wassenberg and Rob Brooker, University of Minnesota Lianna Etchberger and Greg…

Slide 1 Introduction & Scientific Method Biology 101A Spring 2008 Slide 2 Introduction Safety Notebooks Scientific method Protocol writing experiment Review protocol…