MODULE 3: Human Biocultural and Sociopolitical Evolution (BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION) Flashcards
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what is BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION?
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- refers to cumulative changes that occur in a population over time
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what are the changes in BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION?
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- produced at genetic levels as organisms’ genes mutate and/or recombine in different ways during reproduction and are passed on to future generations
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how did the changes occur in BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION?
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- organisms’ genes mutate or recombine during reproduction and later passed to future generations
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from whose theory of evolution is this based?
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- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
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who is Charles Darwin?
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- famous English naturalist and geologist
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what did Charles Darwin hypothesized?
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- evolution of species happens through process of natural selection
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what is NATURAL SELECTION?
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- organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success
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what is an example of NATURAL SELECTION?
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- giraffes who have longer necks have more advantage feeding themselves, surviving and reproducing
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what did Charles Darwin quoted?
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- “it is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
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what is an example that shows Natural Selection?
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- Nokia CEO once said “we didn’t do anything wront but somehow we lost.”
They didn’t respond on time to competition and react when the market was changing.
