Anthropology 1020E Lecture Notes - Evolutionary Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature, Carl Linnaeus

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 1020E
• Professor: Andrew Nelson

Document Summary

Change of allele frequencies over time within a population. Therefore the population is the unit of evolution and the individual is the unit of selection. Natural selection (editor) hanrdy-weinberg prinicople of genetic equillbriam. Under conditions of no migration, no mutation, random mating ^^^ and the resultant genotyoe frequencies will not change form generation to generation. This is an explicit model allowing us to highlight the factors leading to evolutionary change and to model and predict frequencies. P2+2(pq)+q2 = genetic frequencies microevolution allele feq changes within a species macroevolution large scale allele freq changes leading to new species speciation the process by which new species appear. Principles of taxonomy: the science and theory of identifying and naming species. Classification: the practice of arranging specimens into biological type or species. No single taxonomy or way of classifying things. Humans: kingdom: animalia phylum: chordata subphylum: vertebrata class: mammalia warm blooded order: primates genus: homo species: sapiens expanded cranial capacity.