Evolution 101

Question 1

What is evolution

Answer 1

a process

Question 2

Linnaus

Answer 2

c. 1735 - Systema Naturae Charts. Attempted to classify all life on earth

Question 3

Linnaus’ categories

Answer 3

Kingdoms, classes, orders, genera, and species. Each a different archetype.

Question 4

Comte de Buffon

Answer 4

Humans and apes related. All from a common ancestor.

Question 5

Lamarck

Answer 5

c. 1809. champions evolution

Question 6

Cuvier

Answer 6

c. 1817. Species extinction. Fossil records.

Question 7

What is a hybrid?

Answer 7

Mate two different parents

Question 8

Farmers rules of thumb

Answer 8

1) stable varieties breed true
2) genetic hybrids
3) Occasional mutations even in stable
4) Sports can be back-crossed with normals to create new, stable varieties.

Question 9

Two key proponants of evolutionary theory

Answer 9

Darwin (1809-1882) and Wallace (1823-1913)

Question 10

When did Darwin and Wallace present On the “Tendency of Species to form Varieties” to the Linnean society?

Answer 10

1st July, 1858

Question 11

What was the rock formation called which Darwin studied?

Answer 11

Hutton’s Unconformity

Question 12

According to Ussher the world was created on…

Answer 12

9 a.m October 23rd 4004 BC

Question 13

What is adaptive radiation?

Answer 13

Organisms diversify rapidly into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, creates new challenges and opens environmental niches.

Question 14

What is the Sarawak law?

Answer 14

Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species

Question 15

Where is the Wallace Line?

Answer 15

West is Borneo, East is Wallacea

Question 16

What are the three different main period?

Answer 16

Early to Late: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic.

Question 17

What are the 5 lines of evidence that species are not immutable?

Answer 17

Fossil record
Homologies
Embryological similarities
Vestigial organs
Animal distribution patterns

Question 18

What % neanderthal are human?

Answer 18

1.5%