'Darwin' presentation slideshows

Natural Selection. Evolutionary Ideas. A lthough Darwin is given much credit for evolutionary theory, he was not the first person to come up with the idea. Evolution is the process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS. WHAT IS A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM LIBRARY?. Museum based on science (not art) Multidisciplinary. PURPOSES. Scientific & scholarly research Specimen collections “Edutainment” -Steven Asma. HISTORY. First appeared about 300 years ago

Chapter 14 A New Industrial Age Natural Resources Fuel Industrialization Used steam engine to drill for oil. Made kerosene from the oil and gasoline as a byproduct. Coal and iron deposits are found and steel is made from the iron by removing carbon.

ENVI 121 Life in the Ocean Dr. Ron Kaufmann kaufmann@sandiego.edu Shiley Center 277 (x5904) Office Hrs: Tue, Thu 8:00-10:30 www.sandiego.edu/~kaufmann/envi121/envi121.html AIM: rskusd What is Marine Biology? Biology of organisms inhabiting the ocean

Galapagos Adaptations Exploring how species have adapted to their island environments over time. Galapagos Animal Gallery The paired photographs you will see depict similar animals of the same size. Compare these images carefully. List any differences you notice, no matter how small.

THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS By: Stephanie Votrian and Craig Feger TOPICS History Evolution Map History Darwin’s Visit What He Found Later Visits And Visitors Evolution: Natural Selection Struggle for existence Variability Heredity and Traits Adaptation and Survival

Why Is There So Much Pain and Suffering?. Dr. Heinz Lycklama heinz@osta.com www.osta.com/apologetics. Overview. Death/Suffering is Everywhere How Does the World Deal With Death/Suffering? View of History (and God): Atheists/Evolutionists Have a Wrong View The Bible Gives the Proper View

A Tale of Two Finches. Graham Ritchie. White-backed Munia ( Lonchura striata ). Bengalese Finch ( Lonchura striata var. domestica ). Dramatis Personae. Munia Inhabits south-east Asia Quieter, simple (mainly linear) finite state song which is largely innate. Bengalese Finch

EVOLUTION REVIEW Chapters 22-24. Image from BIOLOGY by Miller and Levine; Prentice Hall Publishing © 2006. Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in a specific environment. fitness. Inherited characteristic that increases and organism’s chances for survival. adaptation.

Ginkgo biloba. Lindsay Newcomb Jamie Swank Andrew Soteres. History and Background. Ancient use in China and Japan as a tonic. Poor Circulation Inner ear disorders Absent-mindedness, Dementia, Depression, and Hypertension in the elderly Impotence in men Chinese used leaves and nuts

Charles Darwin: His Life, Family, Friends, and Critics. Laurent Hodges College for Seniors, Fall 2008. Outline of this Course Brief biography of Charles Darwin’s whole life Biology before Darwin time (Linnaeus, etc.) Geology before Darwin’s time (Hutton, etc.)

Charles Robert Darwin. Who was the British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way we think about the natural world?.

ROMANTICISM. 1820-1900. Time Line. Monroe Doctrine 1823 Hugo: Hunchback of Notre Dame 1831 Dickens: Oliver Twist 1837 Dumas: The Three Musketeers 1844 Poe: The Raven 1845 Darwin: Origin of Species 1859 American Civil War 1861-1865

Distinguish the two alternative pathways that sensory stimuli may travel when triggering an emotional response. Do Now: Storytime!. Nonverbal Communication. Most of us are good at deciphering emotions through non-verbal communication. . Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior.

Biology. 16-3 The Process of Speciation. 16-3 The Process of Speciation. 16-3 The Process of Speciation. Natural selection and chance events can change the relative frequencies of alleles in a population and lead to speciation. Speciation is the formation of new species.

Jeopardy. Natural Selection. Population Distribution. Scientists. Structures. Misc. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $500. Q $500. Q $500.

Can a machine be conscious? (How?) Depends what we mean by “machine? man-made devices? toasters? ovens? cars? computers? today’s robots? "Almost certainly not.". Why “almost"? (1) “empirical risk.” (2) “other-minds” problem”  Descartes on certainty and uncertainty:

Microevolution. Chapter 16. Selective Breeding & Evolution. Evolution is genetic change in a line of descent through successive generations Selective breeding practices yield evidence that heritable changes do occur. Domestication of Dogs. Began about 50,000 years ago

Evolution. Textbook chapter 16. Such varied Honeycreepers. The misty rain forests on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is home to birds found nowhere else on earth Why is there such a variation of honeycreepers?. Enter Chuck Darwin…. Born in 1809 Sailed around the world in 1831 on the HMS Beagle