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Chapter 15

Chapter 15. Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin- the father of evolution (1809-1882). Darwin traveled around the world for 5 years on the HMS Beagle. He collected data and made observations of many unique organisms. Darwin’s Journey. Section 15-1.

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Chapter 15

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  1. Chapter 15 Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

  2. Charles Darwin • Charles Darwin- the father of evolution (1809-1882). Darwin traveled around the world for 5 years on the HMS Beagle. He collected data and made observations of many unique organisms.

  3. Darwin’s Journey

  4. Section 15-1 Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos Islands Pinta Tower Marchena Pinta IslandIntermediate shell James Fernandina Santa Cruz Isabela Santa Fe Hood Island Saddle-backed shell Floreana Hood Isabela Island Dome-shaped shell

  5. Hutton and Lyell • Proposed that the earth rocks moved up beneath the earth. • This process is extremely slow. • The conclusion was that earth is extremely old. • Lyell said that the only way to explain what occurred in the past is to use processes that occur today.

  6. Section 15-2 Movement of Earth’s Crust Sea level Sea level Sedimentary rocks form in horizontal layers. When part of Earth’s crust is compressed, a bend in a rock forms, tilting the rock layers. As the surface erodes due to water, wind, waves, or glaciers, the older rock surface is exposed. New sediment is then deposited above the exposed older rock surface.

  7. Lamarck • Recognize living things change. • Proposed his own evolutionary hypothesis. • 1. Tendency towards perfect. • 2. Use and disuse. • 3. Inheritance of acquired traits.

  8. Section 15-2 Figure 15–7 Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution

  9. Origin of Species • Was published 25 years after his famous voyage. • He was prompted by Alfred Wallace’s work.

  10. Darwin’s Conclusions • Artificial selection helped spur the creation of new species. • Example: breeding of fast horses.

  11. Darwin’s Conclusions • Natural selection had no human involvement. • All life goes through a struggle to exist. • The genes that allowed an organism to survive would be passed to another generation. • Over time a new species would develop.

  12. Evidence of Evolution #1 • Fossil Record • Showed through the process of time the animals that existed on the planet. • By comparing fossils and rock layers one can find the relationships in changing life.

  13. Evidence: Fossils

  14. Evidence of Evolution #2 • BIOGEOGRAPHY: Geographic Distribution • Different continents had different species of animals. • The reason is because each species descended from different animals. • However if the species had the same conditions on two different continents they evolved the same.

  15. Geographic Distribution Beaver Beaver Muskrat Beaver andMuskrat Coypu Capybara Coypu andCapybara NORTH AMERICA Muskrat Capybara SOUTH AMERICA Coypu

  16. Evidence of Evolution #3 • COMPARATIVE ANATOMY • Homologous structures • Structures in different species that share similar structure, function, or both. • These show that the species have a common ancestor.

  17. Homologous Body Structures Turtle Alligator Bird Mammal Ancient lobe-finned fish

  18. Homologous Structures

  19. Vestigial structures- A structure that has no function in a present-day organism but was probably useful to an ancestor. • Natural selection does not get rid of the organ.

  20. Evidence of Evolution #4 • EMBRYOLOGY • Embryo- the earliest stage of growth of an organism. Fish chicken rabbit human

  21. Embryology

  22. Evidence of Evolution #5 • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY • DNA and proteins are shared in common between related individuals. • Species that are closely related will have higher amounts of their DNA and proteins in common. Ex – Humans and chimps share 99% of their DNA!

  23. A summary of Darwin’s Theory • 1. Individual organisms are different and some of these difference can be inherited. • 2. Organisms produce more offspring than can survive in an environment. The organisms that do not survive do not reproduce.

  24. A summary of Darwin’s Theory • 3 Because more organisms are produced than survive, they compete for resources. • 4. Organisms has different advantages and disadvantages in their struggle for existence. The organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce a lot more. • 5. Species alive today are descended with modifications from ancestral species that lived in the past.

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