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Understanding Evolution and Fossil Evidence

The document discusses evolution as the change in inherited traits over generations, highlighting the importance of adaptation for survival. It covers fossil records, types of fossils, methods for dating fossils, and evidences of evolution through comparative anatomy, embryonic development, and genetic information. Key concepts include homologous and analogous structures, as well as vestigial structures, which provide insights into evolutionary processes.

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Understanding Evolution and Fossil Evidence

The document discusses evolution as the change in inherited traits over generations, highlighting the importance of adaptation for survival. It covers fossil records, types of fossils, methods for dating fossils, and evidences of evolution through comparative anatomy, embryonic development, and genetic information. Key concepts include homologous and analogous structures, as well as vestigial structures, which provide insights into evolutionary processes.

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EVOLUTION

• Change in the inherited


traits over successive
generations in population
of organism.
• Genetic change in a
population through time.
• Changes allowed
organism to adapt and
survive in their
environment.
FOSSIL RECORDS

COMPARATIVE
EVIDENCES ANATOMY
OF
EVOLUTION EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT
GENETIC INFORMATION
FOSSIL RECORD
• PALEONTOLOGY- study of fossils
• FOSSILS- remains or traces of
organism that lived in the past and
were preserved by natural process.
• Ex. Bone, tooth, shell (remains)
burrow, footprint or imprint (traces)
• Documents the existence of now
extinct past species that are related
to present day species.
HOW ARE FOSSIL REMAINS
FORMED?
TYPES of FOSSIL RECORD

IMPRESSION/IMPRINTS COMPRESSION
• Are shallow external • Animals or plant tissues
molds left by animal or preserved in sedimentary
plant tissue with little or rock and formed with
no organic material more organic material
present. present.
DETERMINING THE AGE OF THE
FOSSIL
• RELATIVE DATING- Age is
determined by comparing
its placement with that of
fossils in other areas of
layers of rock.
• the age of rock is
compared to other rock
layers.
DETERMINING THE AGE OF THE
FOSSIL
• RADIO CARBON DATING
• uses the decay of a
radioactive isotope of
carbon (14C) to measure
time and date objects
containing carbon-bearing
material.
EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY Types of structures:
• Study the similarities and • HOMOLOGOUS
differences in the
structures of different • ANALOGOUS
species. • VESTIGIAL
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
HOMOLOGOUS
STRUCTURES
• Body parts of organisms
that may perform
different functions but are
off the same origin.
Homologous Structure: DIVERGENT
EVOLUTION
• occurs when a population
of animal is split into two
groups by a geographic
barrier (for instance, a
body of water or a
migration to a new area),
causing each group to
develop different traits.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
ANALOGOUS STRUCTURES
• Body parts of organisms
that may perform the
same function but are of
the different origin.
Analogous Structure:
CONVERGENCE EVOLUTION
• Increase in the
similarities among species
derived from different
ancestors as a result of
similar adaptation to
similar environment.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES
• Body parts that are
useless or left over from
previous ancestor in
which they were useful..
EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION

• EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT
• The portion of the life
cycle that begins just
after fertilization.
• Many organisms have
similar embryos
supporting the idea of
common ancestor.
EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION
GENETIC INFORMATION
Small mutations or changes
in the DNA eventually lead
to the evolution of new
species.
The geologic time scale is the “calendar” for
events in Earth history.

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