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Evolution: Darwin’s Dangerous Idea
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Darwin sailed on the HMS Beagle as a
He understood that his ideas were truly
Why did Darwin keep his ideas to himself for so long?
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What species of bird did Darwin’s “wrens” and “goshawks” turn out to be?
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What caused Darwin’s finches to differ from island to island?
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What was Captain Fitzroy’s theory as to why finch beaks varied?
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Darwin postulated the theory that
species replaced those that became
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What was the common ancestor of all Darwin’s finches?
Darwin’s conclusion was that “
species could appear on earth”
Darwin compared ancestral lines to a
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Chris Schneider says that Darwin’s basic idea is that living things are
to each other.
How many species of birds are there in Schneider’s work?
How many species of frogs?
Given enough time, according to the laws of nature,
can happen.
What was disguised as a leaf in the video?
What caused new habitats to develop in the Andes?
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Why are hummingbirds particularly well suited to the Andean nights?
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What determines the separation of species on the tree of life?
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What tool do modern naturalists use to determine degree of relatedness that Darwin didn’t
have?
19. How many years ago did hummingbirds diverge from each other?
20. Darwin’s view was that
accumulated over time.
21. Emma was Darwin’s
. He eventually married her.
22. Whose book on Commerce and Population inspired Darwin?
23. Darwin concluded that nature does not
around man.
24. How do minute differences get passed on?
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Less fit organisms will
Darwin called his theory
Is it possible to see natural selection at work?
In what organism?
How many new HIV viruses are generated each day in humans?
How long does it take HIV to replicate?
Natural selection thrives on
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Why did the wild type HIV come back in the case from Goethe University?
What
What
What
What
did Darwin notice in the skeletons he viewed?
did he think this represented?
kept Darwin from publishing his book?
was Emma’s argument against natural selection?
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Are eyes perfect or imperfect?
Why do vertebrate eyes have blind spot?
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Besides commenting on this film, what has Ken Miller done? ( This is not on the film!)
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What can a “cup” eye perceive?
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To get a sharp, focused, image, what eye structure had to develop?
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What sea creature was Darwin observing through his microscope with his daughter?
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Darwin felt he couldn’t publish until he had
theory.
What did Darwin blame Annie’s death on?
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to support his
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According to Stephen Jay Gould, Darwin didn’t see evolution as either supporting or denying
the existence of
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Are all biologists who accept evolution atheistic?
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What does Miller see as the relationship between God and natural law?
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Darwin was finally “driven” to publish his book when he read an essay by
On Natural Selection.
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Huxley convinced Darwin to publish
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What was the title of Darwin’s book?
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What 2 lines of evidence exist to support the tie between primates and humans?
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When put together, what happens to human DNA and chimp DNA?
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Human DNA and Chimp DNA are what % identical?
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In the video, human and chimp DNA was compared to rat DNA. What does the increased
number of “spelling differences” in rat DNA mean?
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What does Miler see as the “force” that drove human natural selection?
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When did Darwin die?
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Where is he buried?
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Who is he buried next to?
with Wallace.