Natural selection

In the animal kingdom species survive through natural selection, meaning they must adapt and pass upon the information to next generations to ensure the survival of a species. Humans, like all organisms, have complex mental modules that evolved to keep the genes from extinction. This concept is explored in Keith E. Stanovich book, The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin. Stanovich refers to the concept that humans are merely robots created by our genes to protect them and to…

From an evolutionary perspective of psychology, human emotions likely served a practical purpose essential for survival, thus being adapted through the generations by the process of natural selection. Essentially, emotions solve adaptive problems. Not surprisingly, most problems from an evolutionary perspective predominantly concern either survival or reproduction, although different emotions have distinct solutions to a variety of situations. For example, the emotion of fear may have the…

Charles Darwins theory on evolution is a hard concept for many to grasp. Its also one of the biggest topics of controversy around the world; Rather we should believe in creationism or believe in the science and facts that we have been accumulating for about 200,000 thousand years. I believe Darwin’s idea of evolution was to not fight creationism but to explore and make sense of our universe. To believe in the theory of science or to believe in the idea of a god, the choice is all up to you. Life…

The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in the history of our nation; it brought about change and it led to the development of machinery that transformed the nation. Parts of the world began to thrive and invited the change; other parts never had the chance to change. As more machinery was developed, common industries were greatly affected which impacted the working class. This caused many people to find new jobs; some traveled into the Yukon territory in search of gold . During this time…

The Theory of Evolution states that all life on this planet, myself, a tree, or a dog, descend from a common ancestor that underwent physical changes through a process called natural selection. This process takes millions of years to occur and directly challenges the book of Genesis and the belief that the Earth is 6,000 years old instead of being 4 billion. In the United States many conservatives deny evolution and some have gone…

wife named Emma he supported him but would worry about what would happen if he did get what he expected. The five main ideas, as distinguished by biologist Ernst Mayr are evolution as such, common descent, gradualism, population speciation, and natural selection.…

People have existed on earth for billions of years. Many species of animals and fish that do not have males as a part of their community, but instead, they have the ability to reproduce asexually. Even though males are not necessary for survival, Matt Ridley argues using different business references and nature examples to prove men are similar to animals by nature because that is how women bred them to be. Ridley uses a different style of writing to further prove his point of the essay. The…

The mechanism of evolution occurs from natural selection, where the favorable traits are preserved and the unfavorable traits are destroyed. In Revenge of the Nerds, the author Steven Pinker claims that our common ancestor had four traits that led to the evolution of the modern human, which in turn established a foundation for humankind’s intelligence. Pinker states that the four traits are vision, group living, the ability of the hand, and hunting. In support of these four reasons, Pinker…

learning. Additionally, according to the article, the mind at birth is a blank slate, and eventually as the mind evolves it learns new things from its environment. Furthermore, evolutionary psychology is explained by Darwin’s theories such as natural and sexual selection and how the mind eventually evolves and adapts to its environments and situations. B. List a few questions you have from the reading(s). (Note:…

Evolution is factual despite the great amount of people who don’t believe in the recent discoveries. There are numerous facts supporting Darwinian evolution, in which, Scientists today are finding species splitting in two, observing natural selection changing animals and plants before our eyes, and discovering more and more fossils capturing change in the past-dinosaurs that have sprouted feathers, fish that have grown limbs. Jerry Coyne eloquently shows that evolution does not destroy the…