Today, popular understanding of evolutionary theory is stll ife with misconcepti

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Today, popular understanding of evolutionary theory is stll ife with misconceptions. The following table lists many of these common misconceptions. For each statement, select whether it is true or false. Statement The effects of natural selection can be examined only by looking far into the past-for example, observing the fossil record or historical biogeography Biological evolution does not occur within a single generation of a population. Humans evolved from the modern great apes. True or False? The last common ancestor of the four-legged vertebrates had both Hoxc6 and Hoxc8 genes Natural selection generates new adaptive traits within a population.

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1. False

natural selection can also be determined by living species .example by examining relation between human and primates.

2.True.

Biological evolution occurs when forces act on a population.

3.False.

Human are more closely related to Apes but share common ancestor with gorilla and chimpanzee.

4.True

These two genes are responsible for forelimbs Limbs and hindlimbs.

5. True

natural selection is selection of new modifief characters adaptive to environment and passing there new traits to next generation.

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