Detailed summary of all assessable content in regards to strand 4 of IEB Life Sciences.
Covers all of evolution and hominid studies.
Covers:
- Origin of an idea about origins
1. Theory of evolution
2. Important researchers
- Fundamental Aspects of evolution
1. Macroevolution
2. Da...
STRAND 4
Evolution
knowledge
required for Life
Science p2
Caitlin
Govender
BIO P2 - EVOLUTION
, Contents
Origin of an idea about origins..............................................................................................................1
1. Theory of evolution........................................................................................................................1
2. Important researchers...................................................................................................................2
Fundamental Aspects of evolution........................................................................................................4
1. Macroevolution..............................................................................................................................4
2. Darwinian Theory...........................................................................................................................4
3. Example of Natural Selection – Peppered moth............................................................................5
4. Artificial Selection..........................................................................................................................5
Formation of new species......................................................................................................................6
1. Terminology...................................................................................................................................6
2. Causes of variation.........................................................................................................................6
3. What do mutations lead to?..........................................................................................................6
4. Breeding Types...............................................................................................................................6
5. The Founder Effect.........................................................................................................................7
6. Convergence and Divergence.........................................................................................................7
7. Speciation......................................................................................................................................7
8. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation...........................................................................................8
Hominid Studies.....................................................................................................................................9
1. Evidence of hominid studies..........................................................................................................9
2. What type of animal is a hominid?................................................................................................9
3. Trends in physical hominid features...............................................................................................9
4. Bipedalism, fire-making, toolmaking, language, and culture.......................................................11
5. Origin and Distribution of Homo Sapiens.....................................................................................11
Out of Africa hypothesis:.............................................................................................................11
Multiregional hypothesis:............................................................................................................12
Evolution in Present Times...................................................................................................................12
Origin of an idea about origins
1. Theory of evolution
The theory of evolution emerges from different lines of evidence:
Fossil records
- main line of evidence.
- can be dated through carbon dating, creating a timeline of evolution of a species.
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