BIOLOGY 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Transitional Fossil, Coevolution, Paraphyly
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Know and understand the origin of earth and major events on the circular clock timeline. Teleology view of evolution as a history of progress, leading to steps toward greater functionality by virtue of an end goal. Charle lyell uniformitarianism darwinian contemporary uniformitarianism concerns the fact that the laws that act today were the same laws that acted on the past. Law of succession of types armadillos in south america organisms evolving in places separate from other places. Homology homologous elements bases in common ancestry explains vestiges. Embryology revealed similar structures in early birth of very dissimilar creatures. Organs of extreme perfection eye of a hawk. Blending inheritance major concern for darwin developed new inheritance theory. Missing links people wanted better connections between fossil records because blending of inheritance wasn"t how it works. Particulate inheritance way better explanation than blending inheritance. Polyploidy case of change in evolution that can create new taxa in a single space sympatric speciation.
