ANTH 1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Directional Selection, Population Bottleneck, Reproductive Isolation
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What is evolution, and how does it occur? change. Principles that determine human biological adaptation, variation, and change. Humans have uniquely varied ways cultural & biological of adapting to environmental stresses. Cultural adaptation humans manipulate our artifacts and behavior in response to environmental conditions. Even with increasing reliance on culture humans have not stopped adapting biologically. Human populations adapt genetically in response to environmental forces, and individuals react physiologically to environmental stresses. Human evolution principles that determine human biological evolution, adaptation and change. 18th century scholars became interested in biological diversity, human origins, and our position within natural world. Commonly accepted explanation for origin of species creationism . Linnaeus (late 18th century) developed comprehensive classification scheme organisms grouped based on similarities and differences. Viewed the differences between life forms as part of creator"s plan. Biological similarities and differences established at time of creation. Fossil discoveries in 18th and 19th centuries began to raise doubts about.
