mistakes about evolution Flashcards
what does the misconception about evolution being only a theory say>
this is only a vocabulary error rather than conceptual misunderstanding
what does the missconception about evoultion being chance say?
mutations happen by chance as is genetic druft
but natural selection isnt, its minir luck which adds up to mkae intricate adaptations
what is natrual selection said to be?
repeated algorithmic process
is evoution unfalsifable?
a complex adaptations that coulnt be broken down into smaller steps would disprve adaptations
darwim however found evidence for the perfect organ , eyes, demonstrating evolution
what evidence did darwim find to disprive evolution being unfalisifiable?
the eye
the perfect organ
what does darwins prediction of the missing link say??
fossils in human evolution would be found in africa but no asia
this was then confirmed
examples of predictive power of evolution
naked mole rat
transposons
how is the naked mole rat an example of the prdictive power of eolvution?
a sceintist gave a seminar on prediciting the existance of a eusocial animal
later confirmed to be these rats
how fast does evolution happen?
few thousand years
what experiment shows novelty in evolution
lenski
microbe fitness increasing in environments
several new biochemical abilities developed
these were novel
what did lenski disprove?
the idea that evolution cannot make novelty
does evolution have a goal?
no foresight
only works with variants within populations
it can break as well as make adpations so it doesnt always work for the better
is evolution darwinism?
darwin wastn the first to suggest these things
other recognised it but hasn’t put two together yet
darwin was just the one to realise the immense relevance
