Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
How is used Evolutionary Biology?
A
- interpret and understand organismal adaptation to environmental changes
- explain the diversity of life
2
Q
Who was Charles Darwin? And why is he important in EB?
A
C.D. wrote “On the origin of species” in 1859 and introduced the concept of Natural Selection: evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generation.
Natural selection is the survival of the fittest