Paleontology

different islands or the thirteen species finches during his trip to the Galapagos. Nonetheless, these “closely allied” species inhabit neighboring spaces on unlike areas due to inheritance and the descension of a common ancestor. On the other hand, paleontology is the scientific study of geologic life through plant and animal fossils. As the fossils beneath the geologic strata revealed the habitation of the species, Darwin also noticed that similar species are found adjacent to one another…

still be a carrier though and may pass the gene onto its own children (The Mayo Clinic, 2017). According to the University of California, “natural selection works by weeding less fit variants out of a population” (University of California Museum of Paleontology , n.d.). If the sickle cell anaemia allele causes such negative consequences on the health of sufferers, why then does the process of natural selection not work in…

Parkinson became a surgeon in 1784 but not long after that he became interested in geology and paleontology. He also wrote many medical doctrines, Parkinson was very concerned about mental illness. Parkinson was also a member of the London Corresponding Society for the Reform of Parliamentary Representation. Elizabeth Stern was a resident in Pathology…

an intense period of paleontology discovery, over a hundred new species were found during this time. This was mainly due in part to a rivalry between two men, Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope whom were known to go to extreme lengths to undermine each other. While, many fossils were found between the two men they were not above lying, cheating and even stealing from each other to win the war of who could find the most species to create a new chapter in the world of paleontology.. In the end,…

The extinct animal i chose was the sabre tooth tiger, because i think it was the most interesting to me. Often called Sabre-toothed Tigers or Sabre-toothed Lions they where extinct 55 million to 11,700 years ago. Sabre-tooth Cats were carnivores named for the elongated blade like canine teeth in their upper jaw, which in some species were up to 50cm long. Quite bear-like in build, they were believed to be excellent hunters and hunted animals such as sloths and mammoths. These felines could open…

Randomness and chance are also involved in genetic variation, and both harmful and beneficial mutation. Genetic variation contributes to the diversity of genes in a population.11 For example, eye colour, skin colour, ear shape, hair colour all vary differently in humans.11 The Hardy-Weinberg Principle is a method for geneticists to study genetic variation and evolution. It is a model that predicts the outcome and offspring of a non-evolving population. This model is then compared to an existing…

Emiliano Maestas In the article “There is No Missing Link in Evolution” by Jolene Creighton speaks of evolution and the evidence that proves the theory of evolution based on artifacts, DNA evidence and more. In this article Creighton writes of several reasons of evolution and how it all connects to all the keys of evolution and proves that evolution. She also explains the only proven theory when it comes to humanity is evolution. How we were once prime mates and developed in to the beings we are…

Throughout human history there have been many great heroes. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, and many more. But there are also plenty of heroes people have heard very little or nothing at all about. Mary Anning is one of those heroes. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England in a poor family. While little is known about her childhood, her father was a cabinet maker and sometimes he collected fossils. Mary and her brother were the only two…

Kenneth Miller was the chief witness for the prosecution in the Dover Pennsylvania trial on the teaching of Intelligent Design (ID) in the high school biology curriculum. Miller had many critiques against ID as a scientific explanation. Firstly, evolution binds science together and is a sign of the health of science. Secondly, the source of answers for questions about nature must come from nature itself. Thirdly, for an idea to be considered scientifically correct it has to be peer reviewed, but…

Biological anthropology is one of the four main fields of anthropology. Biological anthropology—also called physical anthropology—includes human evolution, non-primatology, and biological adaptations to the environment. Biological anthropology is a popular area of study within anthropology. It is the combination of both the biological and social sciences to answer questions about human adaptability and evolution. As far as research methods go, biological anthropologists tend to include more…