The Tell-Tale Brain The book‚ The Tell-Tale brain explains how humans are unique in the world. This uniqueness stems from the brain we humans possess. The human brain has evolved according to 2 different methods. The first‚ most commonly known‚ is biological evolution. This type of evolution is slow and can take centuries for a single‚ subtle change to appear. While the second‚ is the cultural evolution. This type is fast compared to biological evolution. These two evolutionary processes gave birth
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The purpose of this lab is to discuss what would happen if a species within a population were suddenly split into two groups by an earthquake that creates a physical barrier such as a canyon. A species can grow into a large population. When this population is then split up by some type of natural occurrence‚ then one side must adapt to its new environment. So‚ the same population of species becomes a two completely separate species. For instance‚ polar bears didn’t start out with white colored
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Selective breeding * Homologies * Experiment evidence of adaptation Fossil record * Complex organisms in younger rocks * Simple organism in older rocks Biogeography * Study of geographical distribution of extinct and modern species * Isolated continents Homoplasy (similar form- different origin) * Homoplastic- features are similar features not inherited from a common ancestor * May adapt in similar ways to similar environments; convergent evolution * Homoplastic
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for forest wealth love threaded the diversity forest resources and thus there is need for conservation of the different plant species in their natural habitual. Tinsukia district is very rich for its rich biodiversity. And on such important species is the Orchids. Orchids belong to the most diverse family of plants known to man. There are over 880 genera‚ 28‚000 species and well over 300‚000 registered cultivars currently documented. These numbers only begin to tell the true story behind the evolutionary
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Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but poor alternative to a natural environment. Is it necessary to keep animals in zoos? Zoo is the place where different kinds of animals are kept‚ displayed to public‚ and in which they may also be bred. In today’s fast paced world‚ people are pressurized everyday working at a stressful job from nine to five; leisure in the form of going to zoo can be truly welcoming. There are many debates on whether zoos should be prohibited since the issue of animal conservation
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to our world and even build our own society‚ also there is a future ahead for us as a species since we already have the next big thing " Technology". however... us as humans also means we are different people and we all have opinions and follow rules (laws) some people break the law‚ or get greedy and want more money (not all people are greedy some just really need money for food or clothes) Us as a species are sometimes Lazy and can’t wait for things‚ like littering (people dumping things in
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basically as evolution within a species. This happens with minute changes that do not create new species. Almost like a better improved species. Unlike microevolution‚ macroevolution creates hole new species all together. Experiments can only really test microevolution because of the time limit. If macroevolution is almost impossible observed because of the time it takes. New genes are not required for macroevolution as long as such evolution is limited to closely related species‚ an example would be lions
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process by which a new species is created from a pre-existing one. Speciation can occur one of two ways‚ both involve the division a population. The first way speciation occurs is when individuals from a population separate and gradual adaptations occur overtime to the extent that they are not recognized as the same species as the original population. The second‚ is when a physical barrier(i.e. mountains‚ forests‚ canyons or bodies of water) divides a population and different species evolve to fill different
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microevolution‚ and macroevolution. Microevolution is the type of evolution that we have actually observed‚ and can observe because it does not require nearly as much time as does macroevolution. Microevolution is basically evolutionary change within a species or small group of organisms‚ over a short period. These changes occur because of changes in the environment‚ changes in the types of food that an organism has to eat‚ or even geological changes in the environment of which an organism lives‚ these
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Management 596 Alternate Final Exam Muffin Man is a “Mockumentary” other than a documentary‚ which describes the extinction of human species due to social excesses (mostly over-eating). Muffin Man shows us the distant future we are creating with our greedy crave and love for junk food‚ video games‚ and cars to the extreme that causes the downfall of human beings. Excess is the theme all through the movie. The movie itself‚ in addition to the overwhelming details and jokes‚ expresses the theme
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