On the Origin of Species

than man and even argued the superiority of woman using Darwin’s own data. She argued that the specialization of women’s reproductive organs is more proof of this. Gamble also said that even though woman is higher than man that “females of the human species has greatly weakened” (Deutscher, pg 45) meaning that instead of being inferior, females are declining because of the state that women were kept in. While making this argument Gamble fell into the same trap as Darwin did and valued…

those species whose varying traits could be the determining factor for a species continuance. The generation after would receive these dominant genes and would be better suited to survive, sustain a healthy population, and the list goes on. Social Darwinism always came back to the idea of “Natural Law." Many evolutionists have concluded that the perfection of any species doesn’t come from natural law, but to the increasing opportunities, as well as the of elaboration of a certain species.…

selection are concepts well known by most people. Evolution being a change in a population over time and natural selection essentially coming down to survival of the fittest and being a key mechanism of evolution. In the case of seahorses, rather the 54 species of marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus, the male and female seahorses have evolved a series of unusual adaptations for the purpose of increasing their overall fitness. A common misconception about seahorses is that the males are the…

adaptation and speciation. This theory gave a reason as to why species “change” over time and explained the process. This was a huge discovery for Darwin because now we know that species are not fixed and are changing. Ethology, the study of animals in their natural environments, also played a role in the development of Darwin’s theory. Konrad Lorenz’s geese imprinting experiment demonstrated that evolution has a way of helping species survive in their environment. Darwin’s theory is a process…

Natural selection Natural selection is when an organism is born with a mutation that is advantageous to its species survival and reproduction. There are four components in Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the first is variation within the community of organisms as they will all exhibit different behavioural traits and have a different appearance though some characteristics stay the same like the number of eyes in vertebrates. The second is inheritance which is when a child possesses traits…

well as how sexual selection is important to evolution. First, natural selection depends on how well an organism can adapt to its environment. If it doesn't have the means to survive in its environment, then eventually that species will die out and the species able to adapt will survive. In contrast, sexual selection was first used to explain how particular physical features of certain animals came about, when they appeared to have no practical function. Darwin…

Social Darwinism was a philosophy created by Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin’s philosophy connected the theory of evolution within humanity. Many people were against Social Darwinism, simply because of the fact it veered from the Christian belief that god created everything on earth. There were people out there who believed in Social Darwinism and were intrigued to learn more. Both sides of the argument were able to justify their reasoning on why they either agreed or disagreed on Social…

evolution is the growing resistance to antibiotics through mutations in bacteria’s DNA. Vestigial organs are organs that are no longer needed in the body of an animals. Endogenous retroviruses are markers in DNA that show a point where a big change in a species has happened, and are passed on to offspring. Bacterial antibiotic evolution, vestigial organs,…

derived from the ultimate validation of one of the two major theories of origin, creationist and evolutionist. He being his essay by making a distinction between the evolution of life and the origin of life, which he argues are completely different. The evolution of life refers to the gradual development of various organisms to adapt and better adjust to their current environment, originating from a common ancestor, while the origin of life is a more complex question. The author the initiates to…

On the 19th of April 1770, Captain James Cook reached the South-East coast of Australia. They named it Botany Bay for the many unique plant specimens collected by his companions Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander. Cook followed the coastline northwards and on the 22nd of August landed at Possession Island (which is off the coast of Northern Queensland), where he believed the land was “Terra Nullius” and claimed the entire coastline from Botany Bay to Possession Island, British Territory. During…