Evolution

This has already been thoroughly answered in an other answer: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_facts_support_evolution

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Darwin's theory is 157 years old and really is not Darwin's anymore. Regardless, there is no scientific alternative to the theory...

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Relative frequency is the proportion of all given values in an interval, i.e., the frequency of the event/value divided by the...

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phenol - helps in removing protein impurity from the DNA , so we can get pure DNA. chloroform - prevent shearing of DNA during...

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Sociobiology is the application of natural selection to human society Humans are the product of natural selection at the...

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There is the Raelian theory that mankind was genetically engineered by space aliens. Panspermia is the hypothesis that...

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what is natural selection what is natural selection

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Activation energy is the energy that must be provided to make a reaction take place. The enzyme helps speed up the reaction by...

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The prefix tells you how many carbons are in the principal chain of the molecule. the prefixes for 1-10, in order, are:meth, eth,...

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your harm

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During DNA extraction phenol is used to separate the RNA from the phase containing DNA.RNA will move into the phase containing...

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That is the definition of stabilizing selection.

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Rabbits are browsers that eat vegetative matter to completeness. Buffalo are grazers that crop grass to a level well above the...

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Natural selection that leads to a great enough change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms, evolution, and...

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The two major animal groups that made the transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial lifestyle are the arthropods (insects and...

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Random means " in no set numerical order " and with mutation and drift you know it can happen, just not exactly when. With...

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You can choose to read the longer, more complicated answers below, but here is my simple answer: it is taught as fact because it...

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Depending on what you mean by "talk", humans are not the only animals that talk - other animals communicate using sounds. Also,...

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This is an interesting question you pose, and is one that has been widely studied over the last 50 years. The structural...

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AnswerMy comment is that it is not a theory but yes a fact. (Just to correct you...)And of course, Evolution is the real thing,...

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The study of heredity is called genetics.

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DNA is the molecule by which the genes are coding in the organism. DNA is transcribed into RNA which is then used as a template...

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DARWIN!!! charles darwin Answer Charles Darwin

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Evolution is both: it began as a hypothesis by a scientist who, after some research and thought on the matter, came up with the...

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It is. You can obviously state what will happen when you separate a population of animals into goups with no contact, or what...

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Chromatid are the two "sister" sides of a chromosome that are identical to each other and contain the same genetic information....

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adipocyte

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An allele becomes fixed in a population when it reaches a frequency of 100%, i.e.,when every individual in the population has...

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Signature sequences identify groups of organisms

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Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection observed;1. There is genetic variability in all species2. The variability is...

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Factors that are relevant to natural selection are survival and reproduction. Factors that might influence natural selection are...

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It refers to liquid and chemical mixture from which life on Earth began. Biologists also call it the primordial soup, or the...

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See related links page for answer.

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All living members of the primate order evolved through natural selection as a result of change of enviroment.

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The form of movement when sand particles bounce along the ground in moderate winds.

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producing new gametes (sex cell)

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The phenotype or genome of the individual organism. Remember, individuals are selected, populations evolve.

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'Spontaneous generation' means a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

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DarwinismReligious ExecutionNatural SelectionAtheismRichard Dawkins

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Irish American lawyer, he was a prominent supporter of the campaign to elect Hilary Clinton organising a fund raiser in Ireland...

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parallel evolution

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No, the plants may be small, but the evolution is macro.

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Darwin's three major contributions to evolutionary thought are;1. There is genetic variation in all species2. The variability is...

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Since the climate at the time did not contain much rainfall and the weather was very dry and hot weather, it can be concluded...

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Your dog and you share the same foreleg bones down to the metacarpals. That dew claw on your dog is a vestigial thumb that is...

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The genetic material in the nucleus, the two alleles, can change in frequency and this change can change the protein product of...

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Most likely, we won't change much. Evolution takes place slowly so that in order to see any sort of difference you would need at...

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I don't think it works that way.  There can be no "breakthroughs", natural selection wasn't aiming for the digestive system...

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A unicellular organism is a single celled organism. For example, yeast, E. coli, and most forms of algae.

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This question is confusing/mixing-up two different scientific theories, and should be worded something like: "What is Darwin's...

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In populations, mutation and recombination generate genetic variation in individuals. Populations also produce far more...

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Bar graphs are used when graphing a qualitative independent variable, but a line graph is used when the independent variable is...

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Well, first of all, the correct term is venomous, but that is not that important. All spiders are venomous. Some very dangerous...

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Evolution. The change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms. Simply change over time.

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Darwin was inspired by many scientist and the time period was focused on advancing human knowledge, but he did a lot of the...

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One view Pasteur's Law of biogenesis, stated simply as 'life only comes from life' is not believed, even though it is a firmly...

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It's still a theory. Darwin said that we evolved from chimps but us christians know that God was the only one who created Adam...

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They provide the variation in organisms that other recombination methods do not. A beneficial mutation, leading to a small change...

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I'm assuming you meant "Why can only traits controlled by genes be acted upon by natural selection?" Genes hold all of the...

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Natural selection, I'm not sure, and Consumer-based evolution, respectively.

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Lemark's theory was that dinosaurs were small green creature looking dog and that eventually formed into a human. Darwin's theory...

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Some evidence, tracks, put this event at about 500 million years ago.

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NO. With every power lifter, worlds strongest man and olympic weight lifter being white, how on earth are people still stupid...

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Upbringing, if parental care is meant, influences personality little, but other things, like overall happiness, are important...

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didn't you just do that? or did you mean something else? ... Or........... Over time, the change in a species is called...

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As he investigated artificial selection extensively, Darwin thought that if breeders could do this to animals in a few hundred...

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the theory of evolution, general relativity, quantum theory

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It is possible, but unlikely.

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Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby a population becomes better suited to its habitat.The word adaptation comes from...

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One pea plant mutates to have a new allele.Answer: The human population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.The Hardy Weinberg...

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Not yet.

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A missing link is something necessary to complete a series, like an animal fossil that has not yet been found to prove that apes...

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Native Americans

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The process of the formation of a new species is called speciation. This usually requires some kind of event that splits a...

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A cultural Anthropologist, though I would not call them scientists. Perhaps a Sociobiologist or a Human Behavioral Ecologist...

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Gar net!

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Dinosaurs are reptiles. Birds share many traits with dinosaurs. Most birds have hollow bones. Many dinosaurs have hollow bones....

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Generally because people who are short sighted (vision - not in thought) will reproduce just like people who are not short...

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The age of the earth has been arrived at, slowly and step by step, as scientists refine existing methods and discover new...

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Perhaps because it is not a matter of belief but being convinced of the evidence. Some people, usually for religious reasons, can...

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Adaptive evolution is caused by natural selection.Natural selection means that some individuals leave more offspring than others....

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Natural Selection :)

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"Why, Homes, how absurdly simple. I shoulda thought of that myself."

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Because the age of reason and the enlightenment allowed men and women to question the received wisdom from, usually, the churches...

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It just is that two species competing for the same resource can not exist if all other ecological factors are held constant. Held...

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The cerebral cortex is highly developed in humans compared to other mammals and has a much greater volume relative to the rest of...

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If there is a genetic mutation in an individual strong enough to modify there chance of survival it opens the door for natural...

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Yes and how throughly! It clearly appears that the passed down Genetic Traits are mostly passed along Intact - as well, that is,...

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This would include weather conditions, "survival of the fittest", or shortage of food/water supply and/or loss of shelter.

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This is the concept of gradualism.

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The first person on Earth was in the Garden of Eden. Christians believe that God created Adam, who was the first man on Earth....

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The previous post, despite it's fervent effort; and not for lack of eloquence or even research, failed to even address the...

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Human geography Archaeologists

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A multi-cellular organism often has different kinds of cells which are specialized for carrying out certain tasks. Additionally,...

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Factors that influencing organization structure are-1) Strategy2) Technology3) Size4) Environment

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variation within species can be found in all the species. The differences we see between individuals in a species are affected by...

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Structures that have similar functions in two organisms that have not evolved from a common ancestral form. and that is the...

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EVOLUTION. Animals and humans were not "designed"; they and we evolved in ways that were shaped by natural selection in the...

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Animals evolve due to random mutations, natural selection, and adaptation to their environment.

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