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| Topic Started: Dec 3 2015, 12:47 PM (203 Views) | |
| Vorsa | Dec 3 2015, 12:47 PM Post #1 |
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Mysterious tundra-dwelling humanoid
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Basically, I finally moved onto the topic that I'm interested in and I was interested to know your thoughts on the questions: Outline Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, which states that all species have evolved from life forms that first developed more than 3 billion years ago Outline the process of evolution by natural selection: differences between genes causes variation within a species; some individuals are best suited to survive and reproduce; the genes that enabled these individuals to survive are passed on to the next generation Appreciate the timescales involved in evolution Explain how mutations (resulting in new forms of a gene) can lead to relatively rapid changes in a species if the environment changes Interpret evidence relating to evolutionary theory, when given data to work from Suggest three reasons why Darwin’s theory was only gradually accepted Outline the competing evolutionary theory of Lamarck, which is based on the idea that changes which occur in an organism during its lifetime can be inherited Identify the differences between Darwin’s theory of evolution and conflicting theories, such as that of Lamarck State that we now know that this type of inheritance cannot occur in almost all cases Suggest reasons for the different theories, based on the idea that scientists may produce different hypotheses to explain the same observations State that hypotheses are supported or refuted by data from investigations Explain how we can classify living things into animals, plants and microorganisms by studying the similarities and differences between them Use evolutionary trees (models) to suggest evolutionary and ecological relationships between organisms |
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My Deviantart: http://desorages.deviantart.com/ Birbs "you are about to try that on a species that clawed its way to the top of a 4 billion year deep corpse pile of evolution. one that has committed the genocide you are contemplating several times already. they are the pinnacle of intelligence-based survival techniques and outnumber you 7 billion to 1" - humans vs machine | |
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| Flisch | Dec 3 2015, 04:57 PM Post #2 |
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*Appreciation intensifies*
Tell them they kind of forgot fungi? o_O Also what I'll probably never understand is why Lamarck is still taught in school. It's like teaching people in geography class that some cultures thought the earth lies on the back of a giant turtle. I mean, its trivia at best, not essential knowledge about the topic. Oh well, I wasn't very helpful was I. >_> |
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| revin | Dec 3 2015, 07:24 PM Post #3 |
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Leonardo da Vinci at his finest
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It's not like Lamarck is religious or anything either. Not that I even remotely appreciate creationism being taught at any public schools. Or private schools for that matter. Even if it's a religious school, the pope said the big bang was a thing! The pope did! |
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I tend to get dis– Hey, look, an elephant! Potentially an elephant Fire into Ice, a project about life on a rogue planet ejected from our own Solar System. Check it out! My spec evo YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/speculativeevolution With personal experience as a raven, I am a major proponent of conserving all corvid species at all costs. Save the endangered Mariana crow here. Please don't click.
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| trex841 | Dec 3 2015, 07:59 PM Post #4 |
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Is this gonna be on the test? |
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F.I.N.D.R Field Incident Logs A comprehensive list of all organisms, artifacts, and alternative worlds encountered by the foundation team. At the present time, concepts within are inconsistent and ever shifting. (And this is just the spec related stuff) | |
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| Vorsa | Dec 4 2015, 01:23 PM Post #5 |
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It will be on a future test. I've answered every question (note form) I was just interested to know your thoughts. |
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My Deviantart: http://desorages.deviantart.com/ Birbs "you are about to try that on a species that clawed its way to the top of a 4 billion year deep corpse pile of evolution. one that has committed the genocide you are contemplating several times already. they are the pinnacle of intelligence-based survival techniques and outnumber you 7 billion to 1" - humans vs machine | |
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| Vorsa | Dec 4 2015, 01:24 PM Post #6 |
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Lamarck is taught so that we can compare his ideas to Darwin's and conclude why Darwin's were accepted (remember this is set in the 1800s) |
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My Deviantart: http://desorages.deviantart.com/ Birbs "you are about to try that on a species that clawed its way to the top of a 4 billion year deep corpse pile of evolution. one that has committed the genocide you are contemplating several times already. they are the pinnacle of intelligence-based survival techniques and outnumber you 7 billion to 1" - humans vs machine | |
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| Flisch | Dec 4 2015, 05:19 PM Post #7 |
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Darwin's theory wasn't accepted, because it was better than Lamarck's. It was accepted, because it was (mostly) correct. |
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| revin | Dec 4 2015, 08:23 PM Post #8 |
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Question: Is epigenetics considered to be Lamarckian or whatever you call it, or is it entirely different? Because epigenetics shows he wasn't entirely wrong. |
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I tend to get dis– Hey, look, an elephant! Potentially an elephant Fire into Ice, a project about life on a rogue planet ejected from our own Solar System. Check it out! My spec evo YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/speculativeevolution With personal experience as a raven, I am a major proponent of conserving all corvid species at all costs. Save the endangered Mariana crow here. Please don't click.
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| TAXESbutNano | Dec 4 2015, 08:39 PM Post #9 |
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I'm going back to basics.
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At least it isn't classification. The majority of my lessons on the topic went "CLADISTICS" "Correct but not going to get marks, go learn Linnean taxonomy, sorry nano" "grumble grumble cladistics" |
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| Flisch | Dec 4 2015, 10:25 PM Post #10 |
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Cladistics is a method though, not a theory. A method can't be "incorrect" it can only be less useful as an alternative. |
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