Introduction to Evolution
BIOL 1307
Ebeling
Learning Objectives
1. Define evolution.
2. Explain the process of Natural Selection.
3. Explain the link between natural selection and
reproductive success.
4. Provide examples of evidence of evolution.
5. Define homology.
WARNING! You are entering
uncharted territory!
Age of Exploration
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744 – 1829)
Disproven and ridiculed.
Charles Robert Darwin
February 12, 1809-
April 19, 1882
Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836)
Galapagos wildlife
“Descent with modification”
Alfred Russel Wallace
1823- 1913
Darwin, C. R. and A. R. Wallace. 1858. On the
tendency of species to form varieties; and on
the perpetuation of varieties and species by
natural means of selection. [Read 1 July]
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean
Society of London. Zoology 3 (20 Aug.): 45-62.
Biological fitness=
Change in allele
frequency over time.
Evidence of
Evolution
Laboratory and field studies
Fossil Record
Carbon Dating
Biogeography
Convergent Evolution
Homology=
Comparative Anatomy
Embryology
Molecular Biology
P53 tumor suppressor protein
Gregor Mendel
1822-1884
Paleontology
Biogeography
Ecology

1307 intro to evolution