Underworld: Evolution

Jared Diamond is an author best known for his book, “Guns, Germs, and Steel” which won a Pulitzer Prize. Diamond’s book and beliefs were that geography, the domestication of animals, immunity to germs, food production, and the use of steel were why societies were more successful than others and this book received much controversy among different scientists. Diamond traveled the world to peel back layers of the past to explore the very roots of power in the modern world. They are the biggest…

Argument against the Existence of God Humans have long struggled with the questions of life; why are we here, and how did we come to exist. In the search for solutions, societies have attempted to provide meaningful answers to these questions by assigning God as the answer. However, it will be argued, that God does not exist and that the universe developed from the Big Bang, and that human life evolved over millennia. Throughout history, scientists have conducted research into the origins of…

The Scopes Trial took place in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. A group of teachers decided to test a law called the Butler Law. The Butler law made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution and instead mandated the biblical interpretation of creationism. The teachers felt that academic freedom and integrity as well as separation of church and state was at stake. Twenty four year old science teacher and football coach John T. Scopes would teach the class. Knowing he would be arrested Scopes taught…

Geographical distribution and Karyotype of Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia, Spalacidae) in Iraq (Kurdistan Region) Zaitoon Ahmed HAMAD1, Yüksel COŞKUN2*, Alaettin KAYA2 1 Dicle University Institute of Science Biology Section, Diyarbakır /Turkey 2 Dicle University Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Diyarbakır/Turkey *Corresponding author Geographical distribution and Karyotype of Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia, Spalacidae) in Iraq (Kurdistan Region) Abstract The…

INTRODUCTION On the 9th our Biology class went on a trip to Sirens Rock Wellington to investigate the organisms living at the rocky shore and their relationships with each other our task was to display information on the relationships between two species we discovered at the Rocky Shore we then use this information to form a report and explain the species and their relationship with one another, but before this we need to understand the definition of zonation; zonation is the distribution of…

Chapter 01: Introduction 1.1. Xenobiotics The term xenobiotic is derived from Greek words, “xenos”, meaning strange or foreign, and “bios”, meaning life. Thus xenobiotics are exogenous chemicals which includes natural and synthetic chemicals. These can be pesticides, chemical vapors from automobiles, industrial chemicals, plastics, secondary plant metabolites, toxins produced by plants, molds and animals, food additives etc. Xenobiotics are considered as pollutants, but all the pollutants are…

Justin Dubler August 31, 2015 Mrs. Werle Period #1-2 AP Biology Summer Assignment Survival of the Sickest Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unit of life. Passage 1: “Our genetic makeup has been adapting in response to where we live and what the weather’s like. The food we eat has evolved to cope with the organisms that eat it, and we’ve evolved to cope with that. We’ve looked at the way we’ve evolved to resist or manage the threat posed by specific infectious diseases…

While there is a belief that humans have evolved from apes, religion has an explanation. Evolution is the theory that modern life has descended from a common ancestor, through the process of natural selection. Faith on the other hand, claims that life was created in the form it is today with some alterations from God. Since evolution was found it has been debated by all faiths. Evolution generates an explanation for the origin of life which is not necessary when there is religion, logic, and…

What is Evolution? Many people believe that evolution is the answer to the question where life came from. This, however, is a complete misunderstanding of the actual origin of the word. The term evolution comes from Latin and literally means “the change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by [undergoing] different processes” (“Evolution”). This theory of evolution specifies only on the question about how life arrived at the point it has, not about the origin of life…

Charles Darwin was a renowned English naturalist and geologist that has since been described as one of the most prominent figures in both scientific and human history. He was best known for his compelling theories and contribution to evolution and is now considered the founder of Biological/Physical anthropology. Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. He was born into wealth and power as he was part of a long line of scientists and doctors, which included his father,…