Evolution of the Alligator Evolution of the Alligator One of the most highly evolved animals on the Earth today is the alligator. Found mainly in the swamps and warmer climates of the earth‚ these predators are one of the few animals left that existed when the dinosaurs roamed the planet. Over the millennia‚ they have evolved into one of the most feared and interesting creatures today. However‚ the modern alligator is a far cry from its ancestral roots. Today‚ by looking at the anatomy of
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intelligence is very difficult. Many theories have been posed as selective mechanisms for the trends toward increased intelligence in primate evolution. Some emphasize complex ecological pressures‚ mainly foraging strategies as the primary forces driving an evolutionary increases in cognitive abilities‚ and other suggest that increased social complexity favored the evolution of primate intelligence (Tomasello and Call‚ 1997). Across the animal kingdom‚ brain size increases with increasing body size‚ however
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AP Biology Name:__________________________ Evolution Free Response Questions Answer the following questions in essay form. Outline form is not acceptable. Labeled diagrams may be used to supplement discussion‚ but in no case will a diagram alone suffice. It is important that you read each question completely before you begin to write. Your answers may be hand written or typed. You may use your notes and textbook to answer the question‚ but you may not discuss or write the question with
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Lab #5: Refraction of Light Theory: Refraction can be defined as the bending of a wave when it enters a medium which causes it to have some reduced speed. In terms of light‚ refraction occurs when the ray passes through some medium which slows its speed; such as water or glass. In this instance the ray tends to bend towards the normal of the medium. The amount of bending or refraction which occurs can be calculated using Snell’s Law (). Objective: To measure the index of refraction of Lucite
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A. Evolution and Behavior 1. Study microevolution by viewing domestication and natural selection in the wild. 2. Domestic dogs attack prey differently than their ancestral wolves do due to behavioral selection 3. In domesticating foxes‚ you are selecting for neotenous traits and a suppressed adrenal gland that made the foxes less aggressive 4. Natural disasters or major ecological changes are good examples of looking at microevolution 5. When studying behavior
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“Radical Evolution” In Joel Garreau’s book “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds‚ Our Bodies- and What It Means to Be Human” Garreau discusses the concept “singularity” along with views from Vernon Vinge‚ Ray Kurzweil and others. Singularity is this drastic change that will take place during a period of accelerating change in particular with technology. “The Curve implies one of the all-time changes in the rules. Those who study it call it “The Singularity”. (p.67)
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Symbols of Evolution Symbols of Evolution Two billion years ago two prokaryotes bumped into each other and formed the first multi-cellular organism. 65 million years ago an asteroid hit the earth and dinosaurs became extinct. Three days ago‚ in your notebook‚ you drew a mess of squiggles which to you represented Jackson Pollock ’s painting‚ Number 1‚ 1948. You wrote the word entropy on the upper left hand corner of the page. On the bottom right hand side you wrote‚ Creativity is based
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Color in film went through a self-contained evolution much like sound. Many films of the silent era‚ for instance‚ used processes such as tinting and toning to give an overall color to the frame (Thomspon & Bordwell 34). Thompson and Bordwell comment on the process that “color could provide information about the narrative situation and hence make the story clearer to the spectator” (34)‚ much like the use of photogénie and mise-en-scene by the Impressionists and Expressionists. Other films‚ such
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Evolutionary Concepts Defining Speciation: BSC and Recognition concept Species are produced by individual speciation events‚ so a single species concept can’t be defining all species. Hugh Paterson’s ideas are significant in understanding evolution. Paterson argues that speciation is not an adaptive process‚ but is a result of the adaptation of intricate bonding mechanisms to a new environment (Paterson). The conceptual basis of his research is the Recognition Concept of Species. He argues that
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Human Evolution and the Fossil Record Scientists continue to debate the history of man. It is generally agreed upon by the scientific community‚ however‚ that humans evolved from lesser beings‚ and this essay will function to provide evidence to support this claim. Several points will be outlined‚ including the general physical changes that occurred between several key species on the phylogeny of man‚ and a discussion of dating methods used to pinpoint the age of the fossils. This essay will
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