The Book of Life Worksheet
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1. What organisms are believed to be the oldest organisms on Earth?
Archaea (oldest!) and Bacteria.
2. What do you think are the implications of studying these organisms in comparison to human DNA? What knowledge might we gain about ourselves from them?
There are many genes that are similar and have the same functions, studied by the genome sequence. So to differentiate between the two would be difficult.
3. Which gene is present in every living thing, what does it do?
EEF1 ALPHA1; tells cells how to read the instructions encoded in other …show more content…
Genesis 1 verse 1 plainly explain why this could never solely be the reasoning behind it. It states:
In the beginning, when God created the universe.
If the idea of evolution is possible, The Lord created evolution.
5. What is interesting about the patterns of the human genome in relation to its early evolution?
It took two simple cells: one getting inside another, to develop complex cells which then created life as we know it.
200 genes scattered around our chromosomes, originated in Archaea; whereas the Mitochondria has DNA, which are similar to that in bacteria. With this theory, the only way this is possible is if the two simple cells combining is true.
6. How does the finding about the relation of our genome and the Amphioxus genome affect your views of the complexity of human evolution?
According to the video: all living things are descendants of a tiny sea worm.
Personally, I am very interested in the development of human [as we know today] life. Questions such as this (#6) created the idea of “Are my beliefs really true”. I am studying Human Biology as a major, so I am engulfed with the theory of Evolution. I have developed a state of mind that allows me to look at coursework with an open mind. When science is added to what the Lord has created, His masterpiece [Earth] is …show more content…
What do you think they mean when they say that evolution doesn’t always make an organism more complicated? What does evolution do? What’s the point of it?
“Evolution doesn’t deal in direction. All it does is make creatures better suited for their environment.” –The Book of Life: Genetics and Evolution, video
This can be inferred to as the understanding that we gain or lose different aspects due to what is necessary to live in our environment compared to what is not needed. For example, as generations go on humans are being born without their wisdom teeth. Due to the fact we are not eating what our ancestors may have eaten; such as harder textured items. There is no need for these teeth in the human body. Through evolution, humans are decreasing the amounts of these teeth in the human body, again to necessity or lack thereof.
10. Discuss the divergence of humans and chimpanzees. How is recombination important in this divergence?
Through recombination, genes are switched between mother and father creating variation in different humans. This then created the
Please submit your assignment as a .pdf file. This ensures that it is readable on every computer.
Please also put your last name in your save file (i.e. ChewBookofLife.pdf)
1. What organisms are believed to be the oldest organisms on Earth?
Archaea (oldest!) and Bacteria.
2. What do you think are the implications of studying these organisms in comparison to human DNA? What knowledge might we gain about ourselves from them?
There are many genes that are similar and have the same functions, studied by the genome sequence. So to differentiate between the two would be difficult.
3. Which gene is present in every living thing, what does it do?
EEF1 ALPHA1; tells cells how to read the instructions encoded in other …show more content…
Genesis 1 verse 1 plainly explain why this could never solely be the reasoning behind it. It states:
In the beginning, when God created the universe.
If the idea of evolution is possible, The Lord created evolution.
5. What is interesting about the patterns of the human genome in relation to its early evolution?
It took two simple cells: one getting inside another, to develop complex cells which then created life as we know it.
200 genes scattered around our chromosomes, originated in Archaea; whereas the Mitochondria has DNA, which are similar to that in bacteria. With this theory, the only way this is possible is if the two simple cells combining is true.
6. How does the finding about the relation of our genome and the Amphioxus genome affect your views of the complexity of human evolution?
According to the video: all living things are descendants of a tiny sea worm.
Personally, I am very interested in the development of human [as we know today] life. Questions such as this (#6) created the idea of “Are my beliefs really true”. I am studying Human Biology as a major, so I am engulfed with the theory of Evolution. I have developed a state of mind that allows me to look at coursework with an open mind. When science is added to what the Lord has created, His masterpiece [Earth] is …show more content…
What do you think they mean when they say that evolution doesn’t always make an organism more complicated? What does evolution do? What’s the point of it?
“Evolution doesn’t deal in direction. All it does is make creatures better suited for their environment.” –The Book of Life: Genetics and Evolution, video
This can be inferred to as the understanding that we gain or lose different aspects due to what is necessary to live in our environment compared to what is not needed. For example, as generations go on humans are being born without their wisdom teeth. Due to the fact we are not eating what our ancestors may have eaten; such as harder textured items. There is no need for these teeth in the human body. Through evolution, humans are decreasing the amounts of these teeth in the human body, again to necessity or lack thereof.
10. Discuss the divergence of humans and chimpanzees. How is recombination important in this divergence?
Through recombination, genes are switched between mother and father creating variation in different humans. This then created the