1. WARM UP
Discuss with your shoulder partner something good that happened over the break
Discuss with your face partner what you think of when you hear the word “EVOLUTION”

2. History of Biological Diversity Evolution: Darwin’s travel

3. Developing the Theory of Evolution The Galápagos Islands
Darwin noticed that the different islands all seemed to have their own, slightly different varieties of animals.
Somewhat similar species that suited their particular environment.
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

4. Today, scientists use evolution to mean cumulative change in a group of organisms through time.
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

5. Support for Evolution The fossil record Homologies
Evidence for evolution comes from:
The fossil record
Homologies
a. Anatomical -homologous structures
b. Molecular- Comparative biochemistry
c. Developmental-Comparative embryology
Geographic distribution
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Evidence of Evolution

6. Support for Evolution: Fossil Record
Fossils are thought to be the same age as the rock they are found in.
Which of the following fossils (W, X or Y) is the youngest? Why?
Which layer of earth is the oldest? Why?

7. Support for Evolution: Fossil Record
Horses do not look the same as they did many years ago. Fossil Records show evidence that animals have changed over time and that they share a common ancestor based on similarities in their skeletons.

8. Support for Evolution: Homologous structures
Homologous structures are anatomically similar structures inherited from a common ancestor.
Similar structures with different function (similar bones = common ancestor)
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Evidence of Evolution

9. Homologous

10. Similarities in DNA and protein sequences suggest relatedness.
Support for Evolution: Molecular- Comparative Biochemistry
The more closely related species are to each other, the greater the biochemical similarity.
Similarities in DNA and protein sequences suggest relatedness.
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Evidence of Evolution

11. Support for Evolution: Comparative embryology
•Organisms that are closely related may also have physical similarities before they are even born.
Embryos of many animals with back-bones are very similar.

12. Human – 9 weeks
Lemur – 3 ½ weeks
Pig – 30 days

13. Support for Evolution: Geographic distribution
Closely related species are usually found in areas that are geographically close to each other
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education
Evidence of Evolution

14. 2 populations are separated by geographic barriers
Support for Evolution: Geographic distribution
Geographic Isolation
2 populations are separated by geographic barriers
Examples: rivers, mountains, bodies of water
Formation of barriers can cause new species to form (speciation)
Evidence of Evolution
Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education

15. Charts to compare evolutionary relationships:
Cladogram: a chart that is composed of many different clades or branches.
Organisms listed are all related, but the cladogram depicts the successive points of species divergence from common ancestral lines.

16. Cladogram Example: Which species developed first: Ferns or Mosses?
How long ago was the development of vascular tissue?
Assuming this cladogram is correct, would we find a fossil for a fern that is in rock 425 million years old?

17. Charts to compare evolutionary relationships:
Dendrogram – a branching diagram representing a hierarchy of categories based on degree of similarity or number of shared characteristics.

18. Dendrogram Example: Who is most closely related to the Brown bear?
Who is most closely related to the Lesser panda?
Who is furthest related to the Brown bear?