The evolution of plants has resulted in increasing levels of complexity‚ from the earliest algal mats‚ through bryophytes‚ lycopods‚ ferns to the complex gymnosperms and angiosperms of today. While the groups which appeared earlier continue to thrive‚ especially in the environments in which they evolved‚ each new grade of organisation has eventually become more "successful" than its predecessors by most measures. Probably an algal scum formed on land 1‚200 million years ago. In the Ordovician period
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humanoids. Thanks to these finds‚ we now know how we looked millions of years ago and how we gradually developed to the modern human‚ the Homo Sapiens. These finds support the theory of evolution‚ because this is exactly what it states. Another good example of how the fossil record helps us understand evolution is the evolution of the horse (see appendix I). Due to the large amount of findings‚ we have an almost complete model of how the horse evolved. (se Even in our own bodies we find evidence of our primitive
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Human Evolution During the evolution process from ape to man‚ it could be concluded that the biped and upright walking posture was a requirement for the emergence of human beings while the true difference between human and ape was the ability to make and use tools. Besides‚ the perfection of upright walking was the result of adapting the natural environment and the motivation for physical evolution of human. This posture positioned the head from the front to the top of body‚
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The story of Human Evolution “A Brief Overview” By Swati yadav The Argument in Syllogisms Western Religion Premise 1 - God created humanity. Premise 2 - Humanity did not evolve. Conclusion 3 - Therefore‚ there will be no evidence of human evolution. OneWorldInsight.com Science Premise 1 - All life forms on earth go through the process of evolution. Premise 2 - Humanity is a life form on earth. Conclusion 3 - Therefore‚ there will be evidence of human evolution. Age of the Earth – 5 billion
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Evolution of Birds It has become widely accepted that birds have evolved from reptiles in the Jurassic period and are the living descendants of a group of dinosaurs called theropods. Birds share hundreds of unique skeletal features with dinosaurs. Over the years‚ birds have evolved in a wide variety of forms‚ from flightless and aquatic to flying animals. Due to poor fossil records‚ some information regarding the evolution of birds are based on theories but during the last 30 years‚ the evolutionary
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Evolution of penguins For this evolution project‚ I choose to research Penguins. The classification for this animal is as follows: K Neornithes‚ P Palaeognathae‚ C Neognathae‚ O Pelecaniformes‚ F Procellariformes‚ G Graviidae‚ S Spheniscidae. The first fossil penguin that was found‚ is today being held in the British Museum of Natural History. It was reportedly found by an anonymous Maori in New Zealand in 1859 and was named Palaeeudyptes Antarcticus despite the fact that the species
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Evolution and classification Main article: Evolution of birds Archaeopteryx lithographica is often considered the oldest known bird The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray in their 1676 volume Ornithologiae.[5] Carolus Linnaeusmodified that work in 1758 to devise the taxonomic classification system currently in use.[6] Birds are categorised as the biological classAves in Linnaean taxonomy. Phylogenetic taxonomy places Aves in the dinosaur clade Theropoda
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Stacie Mueller Art 100 Professor Morris 24 February 2012 The Evolution of Art To even begin to define art‚ we must have a starting point in history where something was first perceived as art. The question begs‚ though‚ why do we perceive it as art? To look up the word in a dictionary‚ you will find the term aesthetics almost always applied to its definition; however‚ much of we call art today is not exactly pleasing to the eye. Our shifting social attitudes have affected how art has been presented
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Human Evolution Human Evolution‚ the biological and cultural development of the species Homo sapiens‚ or human beings. A large number of fossil bones and teeth have been found at various places throughout Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia. Tools of stone‚ bone‚ and wood‚ as well as fire hearths‚ campsites‚ and burials‚ also have been discovered and excavated. As a result of these discoveries‚ a picture of human evolution during the past 4 to 5 million years has emerged. Human Physical Traits Humans are
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Introduction To Evolution What is Evolution? Evolution is the process by which all living things have developed from primitive organisms through changes occurring over billions of years‚ a process that includes all animals and plants. Exactly how evolution occurs is still a matter of debate‚ but there are many different theories and that it occurs is a scientific fact. Biologists agree that all living things come through a long history of changes shaped by physical and chemical processes that
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