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1. Introduction to Evolution
BIOL 1307
Ebeling

2. Learning Objectives
1. Define evolution.
2. Explain the process of Natural Selection.
3. Explain the link between natural selection and
reproductive success.
4. Provide examples of evidence of evolution.
5. Define homology.

3. WARNING! You are entering
uncharted territory!

4. Age of Exploration

6. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744 – 1829)

7. Disproven and ridiculed.

8. Charles Robert Darwin
February 12, 1809-
April 19, 1882

9. Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836)

10. Galapagos wildlife

12. “Descent with modification”

13. Alfred Russel Wallace
1823- 1913

14. Darwin, C. R. and A. R. Wallace. 1858. On the
tendency of species to form varieties; and on
the perpetuation of varieties and species by
natural means of selection. [Read 1 July]
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean
Society of London. Zoology 3 (20 Aug.): 45-62.

16. Biological fitness=

19. Change in allele
frequency over time.

20. Evidence of
Evolution

21. Laboratory and field studies

24. Fossil Record

26. Carbon Dating

27. Biogeography

30. Convergent Evolution

35. Homology=

36. Comparative Anatomy

37. Embryology

38. Molecular Biology
P53 tumor suppressor protein

41. Gregor Mendel
1822-1884

42. Paleontology
Biogeography
Ecology