1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of

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1. What were the key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of the theory of evolution? Has this theory been tested?

2. What are the most common misconceptions about evolution and why are they not valid arguments against evolution?

3. The key component of the theory of evolution is natural selection. Define this process. Why is it commonly known as “survival of the fittest”? What are examples of factors (selective pressures) that drive evolution of populations?

4. What is the indirect evidence of evolution? What are homologousandanalogous structures? What is convergent evolution? How does similarity of proteins between different species support the idea of evolution?

5. Be able to explain why the following statement is true: Natural Selection works on individuals while evolution works on populations over generations. Or to put it another way: Individuals do not evolve, populations do.

Explanation / Answer

Key observations made by Darwin to develop the basic tenants of the theory of evolution are as follows:
1. Variation presents among people among species
2. Organisms forms more progenies than environment can favour.
3. The organisms whome variations best fit them to environment are indivisuals who are more likely to reproduce & pass those variations on to ensuing generation.
4. Competition present among peoples .

Yes, theory been tested

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