ST JOHN’S UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA FACULTY NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY DEGREE COURSE : BSC.EDUCATION COURSE CODE : BL 302 COURSE TITLE : EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY NATURE OF WORK : GROUP ASSIGNIMENT YEAR OF STUDY : 3RD YEAR‚ 2nd SEMISTER COURSE INSTRUCTOR: MR MWANANZILA‚ F. PARTICIPANTS S/NO | NAME | REGISTRATION NUMBER | 1 | MWAIPOPO JACKSON | 2009/1393 | 2 | JOHN VENANCE | 2009/1406 | 3 | HALISON YELIKO | 2009/2541 | 4 | ERASTO GASPAR
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How Elephants got their trunks This report discusses the evolution of the Elephant. The fossil evidence is described and the theories of Evolution known as Lamarckism and Darwinism are compared and evaluated. Neo-Darwinism and punctuated equilibrium are also defined. Introduction Curiously‚ the evolution of the Elephant was considered by the 3rd American President‚ Thomas Jefferson. During his presidency the remains of a Mammoth were excavated and brought to his attention. The historical context
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Evolution Theory should be taught at schools.Whenever various debates have taken place in parts of the country regarding whether evolution should be taught in schools‚ I have always observed the situation with a degree of skeptism; the education I received never attempted to dissuade us from learning about evolution‚ and while none of my classes ever taught evolution with as much depth as Ernst Mayr attempted to convey in What Evolution Is‚ both systems taught it as a fact – one that we took for
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Evolutionary psychology is an approach that explains psychological traits such as perception‚ memory‚ and language as adaptations. This approach is focused on how evolution has shaped mind and behavior. Michael Ghiselin coined the term evolutionary psychology‚ making him a key theorist. Other key theorists include Jerome Barkow‚ Leda Cosminde‚ and John Tooby. These three popularized the concept of evolutionary psychology with their book “The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation
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similar thinking of hierarchical levels of selection. * G. C. Williams in Adaptation and Natural selection (1966) attacked the idea of group selection regarding it to be a weak evolutionary force as compared to individual selection – Pointed out that only a concept of between-group selection can be an evolutionary force * Hamilton – Kin Selection * Hamilton and Williams – ‘Gene’s eye view’ – Popularised by Dawkins (1976) The Gene’s Eye View – * Hamilton – Altruistic behaviour towards
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“The Biology of Facial Beauty”‚ an article from the International Journal of Cosmetic Science‚ states that it is common misconception that beauty is unsystematic. In fact‚ due to the contributions of biology‚ beauty is very predictable despite various factors‚ such as nationality‚ age‚ and race (317). This article is captivating and informative. Nevertheless‚ it could be improved by establishing a more clear-cut thesis and only selecting a few biological aspects of beauty to research and analyze
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inventory replenishment cycles to minimize storage space‚ European Journal of Operational Research‚ 203‚ 321-325. Deb K.‚ A. Pratap‚ S. Agarwal and T. Meyarivan‚ 2002‚ A fast and elitist multi-objective Genetic algorithm: NSGA-II‚ IEEE Transactions on evolutionary computation‚ 6‚ Gallego G.‚ D. Shaw‚ and D. Simchi-Levi‚ 1992.The complexity of the staggering problem and other classical inventory problems‚ Operations Research Letters 12‚ Gallego G.‚ M. Queyranne‚ and D. Simchi-Levi‚ 1996‚ Single resource multi-item
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AO1 Psychologists suggest that there is a relationship between human sexual selection and reproductive success. Explaining this relationship there is intra-sexual selection and inter-sexual selection. Intra-sexual selection suggests that members of the same sex compete with each other in order to get a member of the opposite sex and ensure reproductive success. The winner mates and then passes on their genes. Whichever traits led to their success i.e. health because there genes are stronger‚ will
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all biological sciences‚ and it lays the foundation for various scientific schools of thought. However‚ as in all things‚ there are misconceptions that arise such as: Indivual evolve‚ evolution is a linear increase in complexity‚ the goal or the evolutionary process is optimally or perfectly adapted organisms‚ evolution is a random or chance process‚ and finally‚ natural selection is the same thing as evolution. First and foremost‚ indivual do not evolve. Evoluntary change is based on the changes
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Charles Darwin is famous for his contributions to the evolution theory. Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist‚ English writer as well as being an evolutionary biologist. The common factor between these two people is that they are both known for their views on evolution. Darwin believes that natural selection explains life though it is not the full story of evolution. He has a belief that there is a missing link. Darwin knew that natural selection was systematic and for the creation of new
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