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Natural selection

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The process where organisms better suited and adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more offspring, passing on traits
Four feature living systems

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Evolution:

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The gradual orderly change in the events of the universe, including living and non living things. It means ‘unfolding’ or ‘unrolling’

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What are the evidence for evolution x6

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  • fossil record
  • bio geographical
  • comparative embryology
  • molecular/ bio chemical
  • observable evolution
  • comparative anatomy
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Coprolite:

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Fossilised feces

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What does coprolite tell us?

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  • diet
  • size of animal
  • environment
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Vestigial organs:

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An organ or part of anatomy that was once useful in the past but has lost its original function over time

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Natural selection question

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  • population at start
  • what happens to one population
  • variation
  • what happened to other population
  • survived, reproduced and traits were passed on to offspring
  • specific species increased
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Foramem Magnum:

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The hole in the base/rear of skull through which the spinal cord passes

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Brow ridge:

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Bony ridge located above the eyes

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Palaeontology:

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Scientific study of prehistoric life. It studies fossil organisms and related remains

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Cranium:

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Part of skull that encloses the brain

AKA brain case

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Artificial selection:

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It is intensional breeding for certain traits

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Biogeography:

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Uses present day geographic distribution of an organism and the fossil record to show the distribution of a species in the past, compared with its distribution today

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Bipedal:

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Locomotion using two legs for walking

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Genus:

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A group marked by common characteristics

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What are selective pressures?

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  • biotic factors

- abiotic factors

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Biotic factors:

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  • predators
  • disease
  • competitors
  • prey
  • mating partners
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Comparative embryology

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Shows that some organisms have a common origin based on similarities in embryonic form

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Burial of sediments means

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No disturbance/ scavengers/ wind/ water

Reduces available oxygen that would usually decay organisms

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Embryology

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Study of embryos and their development

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Molecular biology

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Genetic similarities

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Comparative anatomy

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Looks at similar (homologous) structures present in organisms suggesting common ancestor.

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Abiotic factors:

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  • temperature
  • shelter
  • sunlight
  • water
  • nutrients
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Who proposed the theory of natural selection?

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Charles Darwin

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Where are most fossils found?
In rock layers which were originally formed under water
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What are 4 basic characteristics that result in natural selection?
- variation - inheritance - selection - time
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DNA hybridisation
Similarity of genetic material between different species, illustrating evolutionary relationship between species
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What are the 3 stages of human evolution?
- big brain theory 1470 - Lucy walked on two legs - flat face man
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Pre requisites for a successful fossilisation to occur
- rapid burial - hard parts - must not be disturbed
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Fossil:
Preserved remains of dead organisms
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Different types of fossils
- mummified - body - trace (coprolite) - Impression (casts, molds and carbon prints) - petrification - amber - ice
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Transition fossils:
Intermediate
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What can fossils tell us about past?
- ancient disasters e.g. Volcanic eruptions - habitat and condition organism lived in - teeth can tell us diet - bones can tell us how it moved
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Observed evolutionary change
Antibiotics | Pesticide resistance
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Where does variation come from?
Variation comes from a mutation which is a random change in a gene
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What advantage is there in having both eyes facing towards the front?
- great judgement of distance | - x ray perception of depth
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What disadvantage is there in having both eyes facing towards the front?
-lack panoramic vision more likely to being attacked
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Ways that palaeontologist work out the age of fossils
- relative age based on stratigraphy - indicator fossils - use of radioisotopes
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How might a biologist determine if a fossil skull came from a young animal or an adult?
- cranium size | - teeth or lack of teeth (wisdom teeth)
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Lamarks theory:
Useful changes which occur in an organism during its lifetime will be inherited by its offspring
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Neanderthal:
An extinct sub species of homo sapiens | Existed in Europe 600 000 to 350 000 years ago
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Evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and early modern humans
- fossil evidence | - DNA evidence (1 to 4 percent of humans genetics made up of Neanderthals)
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Relative dating
Placement in the strata (layers of the earth) of the planet | Using rock layers (stratigraphic correlation)
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Neanderthal tools
- cutting tools - spear points - hand axes
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Why did Neanderthals have large noses?
- to keep them warm | - adapted to cold winter
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Adaption
Structure of bodily processor behaviour of an organism that makes it better suited to its environment. E.g. Ducks have weeded feet that propel them through water
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Last Neanderthals lived in....
Europe and parts of western and Central Asia
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Era Period Epoch
Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene
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Two types of molecules that are used to determine the degree of relatedness between different species
- DNA and protein | - amino acids
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Three ways fire was important to early humans
- cooking - light - warmth - craft tools
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Transition fossils:
- intermediate - support evolutionary progression - eg. Archaeopteryx
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Homologous structures:
- suggest common ancestor and evolutionary relationship - similar bone structure, different function - divergent - bats, horse, human
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Analogous structure:
- look similar same function, different structure | - convergent/ parallel
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Parallel evolution:
- related species evolve similar features independently | - eg. Eucalypts
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Human skulls x8
- V shaped - large brain case (1200cc) - foramen magnum located at base - no Sagittal crest or brow ridge - flat face - high forehead - prominent lower chin - snout doesn't protrude
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Gorilla skulls x8
``` U shaded Smaller brain case (400cc) Foramen magnum located at rear Sagittal crest and bony ridge Face sticks out Slopping forehead Receding chin Snout protrudes ```
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The first human like creatures to walk upright are called
Australithecus
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The hominid Lucy was a member of what group
A.afarensis
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What is not part of Darwin's theory
Traits acquired during an individuals life are passed on to its offspring Relative dating
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Australopithecus
An extinct genes of small brained, large toothed, bipedal hominids that lived in Africa between one and four Million years ago
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Pentadactyl
Having five digits on each hand or foot
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Paranthropus
A genus of extinct hominids also known as Robust Australopithecus. Bipedal hominids that descended from aumtralithecus but left no descendants
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Homo
Genus of great ape that includes modern humans and species closely related to them

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