Gigantopithecus And Orangutan Theory

Gigantopithecus → Orangutan

Introduction

Evolution is the mutation or gradual development in different characteristics of living organisms; this is subject to change varied on the environments current predicament. Although, widely renowned and believed, the theory of evolution is just a theory just like other scientific theories and should be noted that it not about beliefs and is simply a branch of science, because evolution itself is inevitable as organisms are constantly changing and adapting to their surroundings. Variation is a given variable, but the way these organisms change is determined on the amount of success a particular species has in reproducing and passing on their genes, over time the surviving genes become the dominant or favourable traits. There are two well-known theories in relation to …show more content…
An example of this thesis is that the giraffes have long necks because for generations they had been reaching for tall trees, suggesting that as the generations went on, the longer their necks stretched and grew in order to be able to eat from the trees. Another example of this is the only difference between the domestic cat and the wild cats is their surrounding environment. This also works in reverse, if a body part was not being used, it would gradually reduce in size and finally disappear. However, this theory was proved otherwise with scientists, although acknowledging, saying that this was incorrect. George Cuvier disproved him by claiming that the children of cowboys were not born with bowed legs, a characteristic their father would have acquired from riding horses, testing the theory of ‘acquired characteristics are inherited’. Despite his work being proved otherwise, he is still recognised as a noteworthy scientist in his