On the Origin of Species

is known of this species, what we do know is that they are an ancient extraterrestrial species of unknown origin. They are in control of some of the most advanced technology ever witnessed, with emphasis placed on their skills in genetic engineering. They are believed to have been beneficent creators who traveled among the stars, terraforming primordial celestial bodies and seeding them with the foundations of biological life. As such, they are revered by some as gods by the species they…

parts of the world over the period of decades. The virus was then first formally recognized in the late 1970s in the United States. When HIV-1 was first discovered, nearly 40 different primate species have been found to harbor SIVs. Multiple strands of SIVs have been generally characterized from single species, indicating that a majority of transmissions are instraspecific. As a whole, the primate viruses form a distinct clade within lentiviruses, including HIV-1 and HIV-2 (Bailes 2002). This…

that are in the middle of the spectrum, like how birds are not big but have K-selected characteristics (8). Trees have both r and K strategies in which they have very long life spans but they also in reproduction use techniques that many r-selective species use (Figure 3). Some express this spectrum by comparing it to economic terms. They go about this comparison by saying that r vs K is a process of discounted future returns (10). In which r-selection is similar to heavy discounts while…

In chapter five of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, the quote from The Origin of Species talks about how there is no explanation for the reasons behind inheritance. There has been no explanation for why a child might get one characteristic from one parent, and a certain one from the other. No scientist has been able to pinpoint why a child might get traits from an aunt, or an uncle. Charles Darwin writes about how children often inherit characteristics from their grandfather as well. This…

evolution and natural selection. The strongest and most important organisms do not survive over the generations. Although evolution occurs due to fitness in an individual or individuals of a species, an organism cannot survive over generations. Fitness is achieved through variations in populations of species through genetic differentiation (Scottville “n.d.”). Since the life cycle of all living organisms is to be born, survive, mate, and die, it is impossible for an organism to live through…

Ripple Effects of Darwinism Time periods in history have directly or indirectly effect science and society. Because of the Enlightenment period science and their scientist to be able to research those topics that did not go along with the church and their beliefs. (Bowles & Kaplan, 2013, p. 136) One topic that was addressed was evolution. Evolution has had a huge influence on today in all field including Christianity. The debate on whether man was created or whether we evolved from animal is…

Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury England, on February 12, 1809, and died on April 19, 1882. Darwin was a biologist and naturalist, studying different species around the Globe. He is best known for his contributions on the revolutionary, theory of evolution. Charles was the second youngest of six children and was born into a family of scientists. Darwin was always well educated, attending schooling throughout his life, often times with his brother, Erasmus. Darwin is now known as one…

Humans have walked planet Earth for less than 300,000 years but for some reason we have outsmarted all other species on the planet to have ever lived combined. Why did this happen?. The answer lies in our ability to learn collectively. And in this paper I plan to trace the roots of collective learning from the use of stone tools to the present and its potential in the future. When I look at the technology around me, my phone, my laptop, my car, I think about the effort and knowledge that…

However, the origin of Lysergic acid diethylamide or specifically what makes up LSD, lysergic acid, can be narrowed down as an ergot alkaloid found in the Ergot Fungus (Claviceps purpurea), a parasite commonly located on rye and other species of grain or wild grasses (Schumann 2016). After placing themselves on the desired rye or some other species of grains, it uses the plant as a host in the process of replacing its reproductive…

He was a man with a keen interest in the study of life. He lived in England his whole life and got married to his first cousin, Emma. He was quiet and didn’t say much, but his findings, along with others, are the basis of modern biology. The man who possessed those characteristics was Charles Darwin. He was born in 1809 and at the age of 16, was sent off to medical school, which he had very little interest in. As matter of fact, he often skipped class to study the plants and animals of the…