BIOL 226- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 74 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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"darwinian revolution" brought the idea that species can adapt/change over time to their environment. (reflecting on the darwinian revolution): organisms have had to adapt to their environment/surroundings in order to survive on planet earth and the way these adaptations/changes occurred is through natural selection. 2: scala naturae: scala naturae = scale of nature a scale that shows the increasing complexity of different life forms (organisms). Homology: organisms that inherit traits from their ancestors and this explains why there are similarities between species because they have a common ancestor: understand tree thinking by carefully reading fig. " although his mechanisms did not make much sense, this statement did create a good backbone to explain evolution. Darwin would also get off at ports to observe and collect the different plant and animal life, while also documenting the similarities and differences of the species. documenting the similarities and differences of the species.
