BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biblical Literalism, Fundamentalism, Jellyfish
2 Nov 2017
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Most fields in science deal with this question. Astronomy, geology, biology deal with the historical question. Astronomy: cosmology deals with the origin & evolution of the universe & solar system. Geology: deals with the origin and evolution of the earth. Biology: evolutionary biology deals with the origin & evolution of life. Change through time: the universe, the earth, & organisms change over time. Physical examples: pangea [plate tectonics], volcanic activity, glaciers [whitechuck glacier], horseshoe. Biological evolution is the study of how organisms change over time and the mechanism involved. Charles darwin called biological evolution descent with modification - over time organisms become modified, specialized, and adapted to their environment. It explains why chimpanzees and humans human dna is 98. 5% identical. It explains why human embryos have tails and gill structures without function. It explains why insects develop resistances to insecticides. It explains why crops develop resistance to herbicides. It explains why we get sick and drugs can"t cure everything.
