Chapter 17 Evolution Of Animals Part 1 Flashcards
In 2003, anthropologists discovers bones of some highly unusual people from where?
Dating back to when?
Indonesian island of Flores
Dating back to 18,000 years
What made the unusual people on the Indonesian islands different?
Shorter,
Would stand about waist high to a woman
Skeptical scientists suggested that the bones were from _________ with diseases that caused ___________
Homo sapiens
Skeletal malformations
This amazing diversity arose through hundreds of millions of years of evolution as ________ shaped animal adaptations to earths many environments.
Natural Selection
Animals are what?
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Heterotropic
Organisms that obtain nutrients by eating and are able to digest food with their bodies
Animals
Animal cells _____ that provide strong support in bodies of plants and fungi
Lack cell wallls
Most animals have
Muscle and nerve cells
These cells are used for movement
Muscle cells
These cells are used to control the muscles
Nerve cells
Most animals are ___ and reproduce __
Diploid and reproduce sexually
In the life cycle of a sea star, the ____ undergoes a major change of body form called ____
Larva
Metamorphosis
Scientist hypothesize that animals evolved from a
Colonial flagellates protist
What suggests a much earlier origin for animals?
Molecular data
Cambrian explosion may have been ignited by
Complex predator-pre relationships
Atmospheric oxygen
A set of master control genes
Genetic framework
Historically biologist have categorized animals by ___ general features of body structures
Body plan
Allowed evolutionary biologists to modify and refine groups
Genetic data
Lack true tissues
Sponges
Refers To animals that are identical all around the central axis
Radical symmetry
Exist where there is only one way to split the animal into equal halves
Bilateral symmetry
What helped lead to more complex animals?
Evolution of body cavities
A fluid filled space separating the digestive tract from outer body wall
Body cavity