The Berkeley Evolution Site
Students and teachers who explore the Berkeley site will find a wealth of resources to assist them in understanding and teaching evolution. The resources are arranged into different learning paths such as "What did T. rex taste like?"
Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection describes how species who are better able to adapt biologically to changing environments survive longer and those who do not disappear. This process of biological evolution is the basis of science.
What is Evolution?
The word evolution has many nonscientific meanings, including "progress" or "descent with modification." It is an academic term that refers to the process of changing characteristics over time in organisms or species. This change is based in biological terms on natural drift and
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Evolution is an important principle in modern biology. It is a concept that has been proven by thousands of scientific tests. Unlike many other scientific theories like the Copernican theory or the germ theory of disease, evolution does not address questions of religion or the existence of God.
Early evolutionists, such as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Erasmus Darwin (Charles's grandfather), believed that certain physical traits were predetermined to change in a step-wise manner, as time passes. This was known as the "Ladder of Nature" or scala naturae. Charles Lyell first used this term in 1833 in his Principles of Geology.
Darwin published his theory of evolution in his book On the Origin of Species, written in the early 1800s. It asserts that all species of organisms share common ancestors that can be traced by fossils and other evidence. This is the current understanding of evolution, which is supported by many lines of research in science which includes molecular genetics.
Scientists do not know how organisms evolved but they are sure that natural selection and genetic drift are the primary reason for the evolution of life. People with advantages are more likely than others to live and reproduce. They then pass their genes to the next generation. Over time,
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Some scientists also use the term evolution to refer to large-scale changes in evolutionary processes, such as the formation of the new species from an ancestral species. Some scientists, like population geneticists define evolution in a more broad sense by using the term "net change" to refer to the change in allele frequency over generations. Both definitions are acceptable and precise however, some scientists claim that the allele-frequency definition is missing essential aspects of the evolution process.
Origins of Life
One of the most crucial steps in evolution is the development of life. This happens when living systems begin to evolve at the micro level - within cells, for example.
The origins of life are an important issue in a variety of areas such as biology and the field of chemistry. The question of how living organisms began is a major topic in science because it is an enormous challenge to the theory of evolution. It is often referred to "the mystery" of life or "abiogenesis."
The notion that life could arise from non-living matter was known as "spontaneous generation" or "spontaneous evolutionary". It was a common belief prior to Louis Pasteur's tests proved that the development of living organisms was not possible through an organic process.
Many scientists believe it is possible to move from nonliving to living substances. The conditions necessary to make life are not easy to reproduce in a lab. This is why researchers investigating the beginnings of life are also interested in understanding the physical properties of early Earth and other planets.
The life-cycle of a living organism is dependent on a variety of complex chemical reactions which are not predicted by simple physical laws. These include the reading of long, information-rich molecules (DNA or RNA) into proteins that carry out a function, and the replication of these intricate molecules to create new DNA or RNA sequences. These chemical reactions are often compared with the chicken-and-egg problem of how life began in the first place. The development of DNA/RNA as well as proteins-based cell machinery is vital for the onset of life, but without the appearance of life, the chemistry that makes it possible is not working.
Abiogenesis research requires collaboration with researchers from different disciplines. This includes prebiotic chemists, the astrobiologists, the planet scientists geophysicists and
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Evolutionary Changes
The term "evolution" is typically used to refer to the accumulated changes in genetic characteristics of a population over time. These changes can result from adaptation to environmental pressures as explained in the article on Darwinism (see the entry on Charles Darwin for background), or from natural selection.
This process increases the number of genes that offer a survival advantage in the species, leading to an overall change in the appearance of the group. These changes in evolutionary patterns are caused by mutations, reshuffling of genes in the process of sexual reproduction, and also by the flow of genes.
While reshuffling and mutation of genes occur in all living organisms The process through which beneficial mutations become more common is known as natural selection. As noted above, individuals with the beneficial characteristic have a higher reproduction rate than those who do not. Over the course of several generations, this difference in the numbers of offspring produced can result in a gradual shift in the average amount of desirable traits in a population.
A good example of this is the increase in beak size on different species of finches in the Galapagos Islands, which have developed different beak shapes to allow them to more easily access food in their new home. These changes in shape and form can also aid in the creation of new species.
Most of the changes that take place are caused by a single mutation, but occasionally several will happen at the same time. The majority of these changes are not harmful or even detrimental to the organism, however a small portion of them could have an advantageous impact on the survival of the organism and its reproduction, thereby increasing the frequency of these changes in the population over time. Natural selection is a mechanism that causes the accumulating change over time that leads to a new species.
Many people think that evolution is a form of soft inheritance,
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scientific-Programs.Science) which is the idea that inherited traits can be changed by conscious choice or abuse. This is a misunderstood understanding of the nature of evolution, and
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Origins of Humans
Modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved from primates, a group of mammals that includes gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos. Our ancestors walked on two legs, as demonstrated by the first fossils. Biological and genetic similarities indicate that we share a close relationship with the chimpanzees. In actual fact our closest relatives are the chimpanzees from the Pan genus. This includes pygmy and bonobos. The last common human ancestor as well as chimpanzees was born between 8 and 6 million years ago.
Humans have evolved a variety of characteristics over time, including bipedalism, the use of fire and advanced tools. It's only within the last 100,000 years that we've developed the majority of our essential characteristics.