Sociocultural evolution

any specific religion (“Creationism”, 2015). This is because many followers of evolution protest that creationism is merely a religion rather than a scientific explanation (Wiker, 2005). Evolutionists claim that their theory is entirely based on scientific fact so therefore; their position must be more…

Results Exercise 1a reproduced the outcome of 30 beetle population size that has a ratio of 1:1:1 in red, orange and yellow phenotypes and indistinguishable predation ratio (1:1:1) over 20 generations. 3 trials out of 4 showed an analogous trend, the highest frequency of alleles is the yellow phenotype after the 14th generation in trial 2 and 3 and 13th generation in trial 4, making the overall surviving beetle population by 20 generations. The red beetle population showed a drastic extinction…

the tables are indeed turned, to make us think that it is not such a good thing. In Mark Watney’s case, however, we are forced to rethink this assertion. Because of the ingenuity and complexity of human thinking, which we gained as a result of evolution, we are often led to rely on these aspects to survive. If not for Watney’s quick-thinking, he would have died on the foreign planet of Mars. Due to this evidence, the question of whether or not the survival of the fittest is a fair rule, proves…

Evolution vs Religion For hundreds of years, religion and science have not gotten along well. Each, having their own view, they try to convince or say that the others view is wrong and that should not be taught. Hundreds of years ago, famous scientists have been tried by the church due to their beliefs, only because they do not agree with the church and go against the bible. Now, science is something that many believe in because there is prof of where the scientists ideas come from but even so,…

allowed for greater survival and reproductive ability, enabling the descendant population to have an advantageous cultural adaptation. This theory relies more on phylogeny of cultural lineages, where there are direct linkages and forces between evolution of cultures. This type of cultural phylogeny is exemplified by Shennan with reference to the Indo-European language tree, showing that there was a root instance to all of the cultural…

Forces of Evolution Mammals have evolved in ways that are beneficial for them, ensuring their survival and turning them into the beings that we are familiar with today. Species, organisms which have always had features in common, evolve through four main forces: gene flow, genetic drift, mutations, and natural selection. Genetic drift involves a population, a group of the same species that lives in the same geographical and temporal location. Genetic drift causes changes to occur in members…

a connection between the studies conducted; evolution. From physical attributes to one’s genome, to similar homologous and analogous structures to fossil records, all suggest that things have evolved since the beginning of life. The theory of evolution first proposed by Charles Darwin suggests that evolution is the process from which all…

paper will focus on the second element of Darwin’s compound theory, species diversification in geographical space as argued by Jerry Coyne in Why Evolution is True. My thesis is twofold: First, Coyne incorporates Darwin’s geographical space theory into four biogeographical inductive arguments and includes a fifth argument using a theory of convergent evolution. This hybrid five-part inductive argument allows Coyne to explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin.…

Throughout the course of the evolutionary history of species there are many morphological and phenotypical aspects of each species that either are common and shared, or a species diverges and new aspects can then be observed. One morphological feature that is observed in most fauna is the development of limbs; however, one species that is known to lack limb development is the snake species so that paper published by Kvon et al, investigates and tries to subside the debate over whether the…

Charles Darwin: The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Charles Darwin is known for his contribution to the theory of evolution. But before he was a naturalist, he was just a Charles Darwin, one of the six siblings. He was born on 12th of February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropsire, England (Myint, 2016). Darwin came from a rich family and he wanted to be the same as his father and grandfather. And because of that, he secured a place at Edinburgh University to practice medicine. However, Darwin…