Technological evolution

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…

The Evolving Planet exhibit at the Field Museum of Natural History is a work of art that thoroughly explains the story of life through evolution. The exhibit begins by informing us about organic compounds coming to be on earth and how all living organisms require organic compounds. It moves on to explain single cell organisms developing from organic compounds and then becoming self-sufficient using energy from the sun. These single-cell organisms grew into more complex beings with genetic…

idea that occurred on the storyline of evolution. When Shubin describes one’s inner fish, it is admiration of billions of years in the making, meaning, every part of each organisms body was meant to happen in an ever changing world, and to never feel small because a piece of the world along with its and your history lie within every cell of each creature. “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body” explains why and how evolution has become a fact of our…

In biology “Evolution” is defined as the change in genetic in a population over a period of time, through several generations. Looking at the microscopic scale, evolution meant the mutation in the alleles of a certain genes are passed on to the next and next generations, and over the long period of time, these changes will “culminate in new forms … provides an explanation for the origins of morphological diversity, adaptation, and natural selection” (Bergman). As far as, in Stearns et al…

Evolution is the theory of modern biology, concerning all biological areas, this theory has supported evidence and many scientists believe it to be truth. Creationist beliefs are not a scientific alternate interpretation to evolution. This is the reason why creationism should not become part of public school curriculums, first for the fact that it is illegal, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from establishing religion. Requiring that public schools are not to…