Question

1. Outline the various types of evidence for biological evolution, supporting you answer with specific examples.

2. Clearly and formally outline the logic of the process of natural selection. Frame your answer in general terms applicable to any species (rather than in the style of a "parable" as in "Fast rabbits evolved because..."). Think about the logic of the proces as expressed by Darwin in On the Origin of Species and be sure to give example of ecological factors that are important in the "struggle for existence".

3. Name and describe the evolutionary process that results in anlogies, providing real examples of analogous structures to support your answer.

4. Choose three of the following persons and describe in one sentence their contributions to ideas aabout biological evolution: Aristole, Lamarck, Lyell, Malthus, Mendel, Plato, Ussher, Wallace.

Answer 1

4. Ans-

Aristotle- Aristotle is known as the father of biology and elaborated the idea about the development of organisms and their origins.

Lamarck- Lamarck is known for his theory ‘Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics’ that states that an organism can pass their character from one generation to their next generation.

Mendel- Mendel is known as the father of genetics and he discovered the ‘fundamental laws of inheritance’ which stated that the parental genes are separated and appeared in the offsprings as dominant or recessive traits.