Evolutionary trees
________ are theories that synthesize our present understanding of ancestral patterns.
Lamarck
________ was reviled throughout his lifetime, particularly by Cuvier, who disputed that species ever develop.
Carolus Linnaeus
________ (1707- 1778), a Swedish physician and botanist, was one such scientist.
Evolution
________ may also be seen in two distinct but related ways: as a pattern and as a process.
natural selection
Organisms share traits due to shared descent (homology) or ________ affecting independently developing species in comparable settings in similar ways (convergent evolution)
Charles Darwin
________ was motivated to provide a scientific explanation for these three major findings more than a century and a half ago.
Fossils
________ provide a third form of evidence for evolution.
Linnaeus
________ created the two- part, or binomial, system for naming species (such as Homo sapiens for humans) in the 1750s, which is still used today.
Darwin
________ ushered in a scientific revolution- the age of evolutionary biology- when he presented his concept in his book The Origin of Species.
blue arrow
(A) The astragalus is formed like a dog in most animals, with a double hump on one end (red arrows) but not the opposite end (________)
fossil record
The ________ chronicles the path of evolution, demonstrating that ancient creatures varied from modern organisms and that many species were extinct.
Evolution
________ may also be described as a shift in a population's genetic composition from generation to generation.
Carolus Linnaeus
________ (1707- 1778), a Swedish physician and botanist who wanted to catalog life's diversity "for the greater glory of God, "was one such scientist.
Fossils
________ also provide evidence of evolutionary changes that have happened in diverse groups of animals.