Essay On Biological Essentialism
The process of natural selection has given us an insight on how life has evolved over time. Charles Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection and is his most famous and well known theory. Natural selection is the process of species forming different characteristics to be able to adapt to different environmental changes in their habitat. Because of natural selection more species are able to have a better chance of survival in their habitats and produce more offspring than other species that do not go through these changes that take place. Natural selection will most commonly occur because of changes in climate, predators, or competition for food and mating.
There are many people in the world who are sceptics of natural selection and …show more content…
Biological essentialism is the belief that "we are how we are" because of our genetic makeup, this includes our race, gender, sexuality etc. Biological essentialism also includes assuming that the behaviours and preferences of different species are already biologically pre-determined instead of behaviour and preference being affected from the choices made or the environment and its conditions that surround the species.
A perfect example of biological essentialism in everyday life is the stereotype from some people, mostly essentialists and racists, which people of colour, mainly Africans and/or African Americans, are naturally unintelligent and participate in crime instead of considering other factors that may have contributed to behaviours like that.
Natural selection has been scientifically proven numerous rimes over and over again with a huge range of completely understandable examples. An excellent example of natural selection and one of the first discoveries of natural selection is called Darwin's Finches. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, located off the west coast of South America, and discovered multiple species of finches that varied in different characteristics from island to island. On these 13 islands there are 26 different species of birds, 14 of these are the finches known as Darwin's Finches. The diagram below shows how the finches have changed their beaks to adapt to the changes in their
There are many people in the world who are sceptics of natural selection and …show more content…
Biological essentialism is the belief that "we are how we are" because of our genetic makeup, this includes our race, gender, sexuality etc. Biological essentialism also includes assuming that the behaviours and preferences of different species are already biologically pre-determined instead of behaviour and preference being affected from the choices made or the environment and its conditions that surround the species.
A perfect example of biological essentialism in everyday life is the stereotype from some people, mostly essentialists and racists, which people of colour, mainly Africans and/or African Americans, are naturally unintelligent and participate in crime instead of considering other factors that may have contributed to behaviours like that.
Natural selection has been scientifically proven numerous rimes over and over again with a huge range of completely understandable examples. An excellent example of natural selection and one of the first discoveries of natural selection is called Darwin's Finches. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, located off the west coast of South America, and discovered multiple species of finches that varied in different characteristics from island to island. On these 13 islands there are 26 different species of birds, 14 of these are the finches known as Darwin's Finches. The diagram below shows how the finches have changed their beaks to adapt to the changes in their