Evolution
FAQ
Chelsea Grant
Science never “sucks” right? Well here is evolution in a way that you and I can understand!
So what is Evolution?!?
In general terms, biological evolution is the process of change by
which new species develop from already existing species over time; in genetic terms, evolution can be defined as any change the
populations of organisms from generation to generation.
We came from a Monkey? Actually an Ape! Humans are more closely related to modern apes
than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common
ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. Scientists
believe this common ancestor existed 5 to 8 million years ago.
Who came up with
This Idea Anyway? Charles Darwin
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was considered dangerous in
19th-century.
Can Evolution be proven?
A scientific theory stands until proven wrong -- it is never proven correct.
The Darwinian theory of evolution has withstood the test of time and thousands
of scientific experiments, nothing has disproved it
since
Do I have to be in shape
for Natural Selection Work? NO! In
the process of natural selection, individuals in a population who are well
adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions have an advantage over
those who are not so well adapted. The advantage comes in the form of survival
and reproductive success, so you have to reproduce the fastest and have the
most offspring.
Well then are we all
related? Yes but all organisms have there own genes and characteristics
that can’t be mimicked.
Work Cited:
1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat01.html
2. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=running
3. http://images.google.com/images?biw=&q=Charles+Darwin+&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en