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The current terminology for teaching creationism is “intelligent design.” See this checklist for a discussion of ways in which intelligent design and science differ. Both “creationism” and “intelligent design” are faith-based explanations for the world. Evolution is a scientifically based explanation. In this class we can respect one another’s religious beliefs. However, faith is not science. Religious beliefs cannot be explained using the scientific method.

This chapter goes into detail about the chemical structure of DNA. If you have had chemistry, this will make more sense to you than if you have not. For the purposes of understanding evolution and other topics in this course, you only need the basics of the molecular structure of DNA.

The two main taxonomic classifications of primates are strepsirhines and haplorhines. The terms prosimian and anthropoid are the older, less used, taxonomic terms.

When we talk about race, we are talking about something that is a social definition, rather than based on biology. Race is important to talk about in a sociocultural and historical context, but not so useful in biology.

To understand the basics of geneotypes and phenotypes in genetics, the place to start is with Mendel and his peas

Human Physiology Kelly Neary Mission College Anatomy

Human Physiology Kelly Neary Mission College Anatomy

Human Physiology Kelly Neary Mission College Anatomy

Human Physiology Kelly Neary Mission College Anatomy

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