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EVOLUTION HOMEWORK! 
Submission period: July 27- July 31, 2009
DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions and supply what is being asked for in the questions below. This
assignment will serve as your handout and will HELP you for our discussion on EVOLUTION. You may have this
submitted individually or you may have it submitted by group (3 students per group). 
FORMAT:
 Maximum of 3 pages, FONT: Calibri; SIZE: 12 and in BOLD and italics layout for the MAJOR HEADINGS;
SIZE 10 for normal terms (please have important terms in BOLD and italics layout), 1 or 2 columns
and .5 inch margin for all sides.
QUESTIONS:
 What is EVOLUTION
 Define/Describe the following terms: species, variation, Natural selection,
Genetics, gene, mutation, Lamarckian Evolution, taxonomy, systematic,
gradualism, common descent, phylogeny, ontogeny, homologous structure,
analogous structure, vestigial structure
 CREATE a timeline of scientists and their contributions to the concept of
Evolution and tell the connections of these scientists with each other. Here is
the list of scientists that you’ll include in the timeline: Jean Baptiste de
Lamarck, Gregor Mendel, Thomas Malthus, Charles Darwin, Linnaeus, Alfred
Russel Wallace, Watson and Crick, Hugo De Vries, Carl Correns, Tschermak
 Enumerate and describe the Theories on EVOLUTION (Lamarckian Evolution,
Darwinian Evolution, Creationism)
 Describe and give some examples for each Evolutionary evidence
o Fossil Record
o Morphology
o Embryology
o Biochemistry
PLEASE SITE YOUR REFERENCES PROPERLY! 