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    Evolution occurs through mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift, leading to changes in a population's genetics over generations. Variations provide traits that allow species to adapt, such as special skills or competition abilities. Fossil records show an increase in organism complexity over time and support evolution, though they may be incomplete. Selective breeding can also cause evolution, as seen with domestic dogs evolving from wolves. Homologous structures show how species have adapted different body parts for various purposes. According to the theory of evolution, all life has diverged over time from a single origin through the process of adaptation and natural selection into the variety of species that exist today.

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    Evolution occurs through mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift, leading to changes in a population's genetics over generations. Variations provide traits that allow species to adapt, such as special skills or competition abilities. Fossil records show an increase in organism complexity over time and support evolution, though they may be incomplete. Selective breeding can also cause evolution, as seen with domestic dogs evolving from wolves. Homologous structures show how species have adapted different body parts for various purposes. According to the theory of evolution, all life has diverged over time from a single origin through the process of adaptation and natural selection into the variety of species that exist today.

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    Evolution occurs through mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift, leading to changes in a population's genetics over generations. Variations provide traits that allow species to adapt, such as special skills or competition abilities. Fossil records show an increase in organism complexity over time and support evolution, though they may be incomplete. Selective breeding can also cause evolution, as seen with domestic dogs evolving from wolves. Homologous structures show how species have adapted different body parts for various purposes. According to the theory of evolution, all life has diverged over time from a single origin through the process of adaptation and natural selection into the variety of species that exist today.

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    EvidenceforEvolutionRevisionNotes

    EvolutionandSpeciesChange:
    Evolutionthechangeinapopulationsgeneticsfromgenerationtogenerationthroughany
    ofthefollowingprocesses:
    Mutation
    Changeofgeneticsequenceinorganism
    ErrorinDNAreplicationorextremeenvironmentalconditions(eg.Radiation)
    Canbeanadditionoradeletionfromageneticsequence

    NaturalSelection
    Organismsadapttotheirenvironment
    Theonesthatadaptlivelongerastheyhaveconditionedthemselvesbettertotheir
    environment
    Thesecharacteristics/mannerismsarethenpassedonthroughthegenerationswhichallow
    theiroffspringtoexistintheirenvironment

    GeneticDrift
    Randomprocess
    Someindividualshavemoredescendantsthanothers

    Variations:causediverseandcomplexlifeonEarth

    providingspecieswithspecialfood,skills,competition

    allfromonemicroorganismaround3.8billionyearsago

    Fossilrecords
    Methodformappingouttheevolutionaryprogressacrosserasthroughfossils
    Showsanincreaseinorganismcomplexity
    Supportsevolutionbutdoesnotsupporttheoryofminuteandgradualchanges
    Maybeduetolackofandgapsinevidenceormaybeafalsificationofaspectofthe
    theory
    Examplesofspecificchangesseeninfossilscanpinpointsignificantadaptationthat
    allowedfordivergenceinnewenvironments(eg.transitiontolandorreturntoseato
    formwhales)

    SelectiveBreeding

    Alsoknownasartificialselection
    Cancauseevolution
    eg.wildwolvesaretamed,theyproduceoffspringthathavetamerqualitiesand
    characteristics,thisispassedonthroughthegenerationsconstantlyadaptingbasedonthe
    desirablefeatures.Thisproducesthedomesticdogswearefamiliarwithtoday.

    HomologousstructuresandAdaptiveradiation
    sharestructuresbuttheyeachhavedifferentpurposesdependingonspeciesandneeds
    Thinkabout:whyisthemagicnumber5?
    DarwinsFlinchessamespecies,differentbeaksdependingonwheretheylived=beaks
    fordifferentkindsoffood=adaptedtoenvironment

    Divergingintoseparatespecies
    Accordingtothetheoryofevolution,weallderivefromthesameoriginoflife
    Wehavedivergedthroughtheprocessofevolutionintoavarietyofspecies
    Somehavebecomeextinct,includingmanyancestorspecies
    Theanimalsthatexisttodayexistasaresultofmillionsofyearsofevolutionand
    adaptation
    Wesharevaryingdegreesofsimilargeneswithallanimals(oftenasurprisinglyhigh
    amount)
    Thiscanbeseeninthemultilevelclassificationsystembasedonsimilarcharacteristics
    Similarcharacteristicscanalsobeseenamongstspeciesfromdifferentclasses
    Thisisbecausetheydeveloptheseinordertosurviveintheirenvironmentthrough
    adaptation
    Thewhaleordolphin,forexample,arephysicallysimilartothesharkbutaremammals
    ratherthanfish.

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