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Post-Darwinian Facts I. Physics II. Geology/Paleontology III. Genetics III. Genetics obviously, the most direct way to test hypotheses of biological relatedness is to compare DNA. III. Genetics obviously, the most direct way to test hypotheses of biological relatedness is to compare DNA. - DNA comes ONLY from ancestors, and we now how it is replicated and passed to offspring. III. Genetics obviously, the most direct way to test hypotheses of biological relatedness is to compare DNA. - DNA comes ONLY from ancestors, and we now how it is replicated and passed to offspring. - DNA similarity implies a common source of this DNA – common ancestry. - within a species – paternity tests III. Genetics obviously, the most direct way to test hypotheses of biological relatedness is to compare DNA. - DNA comes ONLY from ancestors, and we now how it is replicated and passed to offspring. - DNA similarity implies a common source of this DNA – common ancestry. - within a species – paternity tests - Patterns between species? 1. GROSS CHROMOSOMAL SIMILARITIES 2. SEQUENCE ANALYSES - Human and chimp DNA is 98.4% similar in nitrogenous base sequence. 2. SEQUENCE ANALYSES - Human and chimp DNA is 98.4% similar in nitrogenous base sequence. - well, we are similar (mammals, primates, etc.) So, to be similar, don’t we need similar recipes? 2. SEQUENCE ANALYSES - Human and chimp DNA is 98.4% similar in nitrogenous base sequence. - well, we are similar (mammals, primates, etc.) So, to be similar, don’t we need similar recipes? - But, only 10% of the genome is a recipe. Even the 90% that does not code for protein, that is random sequence, still shows this similarity. Even non-functional DNA is similar, so functional similarity (ie., ANALOGY) can’t be the answer…the similarity is HOMOLOGOUS. 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution - We build “family trees” with paleontology 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution - We build “family trees” with paleontology - We build “family trees” with genetic similarity. 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution - We build “family trees” with paleontology - We build “family trees” with genetic similarity. If both these patterns are caused by common ancestry (and evolution), then they should be the SAME pattern. 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution Testing Evolutionary Theory (yet again) IF species are descended from common ancestors (like people in a family), and IF we know the rate of genetic change (mutation), THEN we should be able to compare genetic similarity and predict where in the fossil record common ancestors should be. 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution 3. Corroborating Independent Tests of Evolution 4. Conclusions - We can compare the DNA in existing species and predict where, in the sedimentary layers of the Earth’s crust, a third DIFFERENT species should be. - No explanation other than evolution predicts and explains this ability. Evolution by Common Descent is a tested theory.