Evidence For Evolution

1. Fossil Record (transitional fossils & missing links)2. Geographic Distribution3. Homologous Structures4. Genetic Records 5. Embryology6. Vestigial Structures7. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology8. Explains the world we see - divergent, convergent, & coevolution

1-The Fossil Record

1-The Horse

1-Whale Evolution

1-Elephant Evolution

1-Camel Evolution

1 Missing Links

Archaeopteryx

Whale

2 - Geographic Distribution

Distantly Related but Similar

Closely Related but Different

Darwin’s Finches

3-Homologous Structures

3-Homology

4-Genetic Evidence

Signs and Lines 3 Min.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ol492CLkdY

5-Embryology – Theory of Recapitulation

Theory of Recapitulation: developing embryo go through stages resembling their ancestry evolution.

The Theory: Ontogeny Recapitulates PhylogenyA discredited but famous theory 1866

Real Evidence – similarities in early stages indicates a similar ancestry, that appears briefly, but then continues onward with variation – gills / legs / tails – Hox Genes

5-Embryology

Pig Calf Rabbit Human

6-Vestigial OrgansAn organ that no longer performs its original function

Top 10:1. Human Appendix2. Male Nipples3. Fake sex in lizards - all female - some act like males4. Sexual organs in dandelions5. Wisdom Teeth6. Blind Fish - isolated population with original in light7. Coccyx - human tail bone8. Erector Pill - muscle for erecting hair9. Hind leg bones of whales10.Wings of flightless birds

Other: hair

7-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Same core molecules at work

The chemistry for life is the same or incredibly similar in very dissimilar species

8-Adaptive Radiation

8-Divergent Evolution

8-Convergent Evolution

8-Coevolution