your inner fish
Your Inner Fish
OVERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. Why should we care about evolution? Why is it important?
Evolution is the building blocks to biological science. If we did not care about evolution, we would not understand the concept of biology, or any type of science for that matter.
2. What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book?
After reading the book, I began to understand why my body looks the way it looks. I realized that we are all the same inside—from fish to monkeys, and even some reptiles. We all started from the same thing. In my opinion, being human can be summed up into a simple definition—a unique individual. Although we all developed from a similar place, being different makes us human. Each one of us has our differences, we can do things that others can’t, and that’s what makes us one-of-a-kind. Internally, our bodily structures will be alike, but our personalities and physical features make us who we are.
3. In what way do scientific explanations differ from other ways of knowing? What makes evolutionary biology a science?
Scientific explanations begin with a hypothesis, ending with experiments that are performed to support the hypothesis made. This can then become a theory. Other ways of knowledge, on the other hand, don’t need to be tested to be true; we just know that they are true.
Evolutionary biology is a science because we have theories relating to the concept of evolution.
4. What insights do we gain when we integrate molecular and fossil data?
Through the combination of molecular and fossil data, we gain a better understanding to the concept of evolution and change.
5. Can we look to examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is “normal” or ethical human behavior?
I believe in that statement partially. We can look at some examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is “normal” or ethical human behavior, but we can’t do it all the time. There will be
OVERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. Why should we care about evolution? Why is it important?
Evolution is the building blocks to biological science. If we did not care about evolution, we would not understand the concept of biology, or any type of science for that matter.
2. What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book?
After reading the book, I began to understand why my body looks the way it looks. I realized that we are all the same inside—from fish to monkeys, and even some reptiles. We all started from the same thing. In my opinion, being human can be summed up into a simple definition—a unique individual. Although we all developed from a similar place, being different makes us human. Each one of us has our differences, we can do things that others can’t, and that’s what makes us one-of-a-kind. Internally, our bodily structures will be alike, but our personalities and physical features make us who we are.
3. In what way do scientific explanations differ from other ways of knowing? What makes evolutionary biology a science?
Scientific explanations begin with a hypothesis, ending with experiments that are performed to support the hypothesis made. This can then become a theory. Other ways of knowledge, on the other hand, don’t need to be tested to be true; we just know that they are true.
Evolutionary biology is a science because we have theories relating to the concept of evolution.
4. What insights do we gain when we integrate molecular and fossil data?
Through the combination of molecular and fossil data, we gain a better understanding to the concept of evolution and change.
5. Can we look to examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is “normal” or ethical human behavior?
I believe in that statement partially. We can look at some examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is “normal” or ethical human behavior, but we can’t do it all the time. There will be