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Darwins theory of natural section 2

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there is competition for food

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Darwins theory of natural section 1

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animals produce more offspring than can survive

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Darwins theory of natural section 3

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those best suited to their environment survive and pass on their genes to the next generation

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Darwins theory of natural section 4

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those unsuited to their environment do not pass on their genes

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Darwins theory of natural section 5

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over time, the best suited animals outnumber the unsuited and eventually the unsuited become extinct

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Adaption

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A trait that was kept because it promoted reproduction

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The four kind of traits

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Selfish traits
altruistic traits
spiteful traits
cooperative traits

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The six emotions

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Sadness
Happiness 
disgust
Anger
Fear
Surprise
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What’s are the two parts of sexual selection?

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Intra sexual competition

Mate choice

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Honest Signals

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Reliable, costly, ‘honest’ advertisement of important trait.

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Mate selection

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Traits preferred by one sex leads them to becoming more likely in other sex over time

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Natural selection

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The process where by organism better adapted to their environment tend to survive and process more offspring

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Environment of evolutionary adaptiveness (EEA)

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The past environment in height current adaptions were designed by natural selection

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Selfish trait

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A trait that increases the fitness of the individual but decreases the fitness of one or more of her neighbour

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Altruistic Trait

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A trait the decreases the fitness of the individual but increases the fitness of one or more of her neighbours

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Cooperative trait

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A trait that increases the fitness of an individual and increases the fitness of one or more of her neighbours

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Spiteful trait

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A trait that decreases the fitness of the individual and decreases the fitness of one or more of her neighbours

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Sexual selection

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Component of natural selection favoring traits that increase mating success

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Major criticism of EP

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Social Darwinanism, Eugenics, genetic determination, defending the statues quo

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Why does Natural selection occurs?

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Individuals who are better suited to their local environments leave more offspring and their advantages traits become more common in the population

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Why does sexual selection happen?

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Because the faster reproducing sex experience a shortage of mates

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What are the different lines that support evolutionary theory ?

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Fossil record, homology, the universality of the genetic code, the results artificial selection and direct observation in natural populations

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