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EVOLUTION
Evidence for evolution
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Biochemical
Anatomical Structure
Fossil Record
Artificial Selection
Modern Examples
Biochemical Evidence for
Evolution
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DNA
Proteins/amino acids
Cell membranes
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
Other……
Biochemical evidence, cont.
Photosynthesis & Cellular
Respiration
Anatomical Evidence
Anatomical evidence, cont.
Fossil Record
• Hard Fossils
• Soft Fossils
• Where are
the oldest
layers of soil
and rock?
Dating Fossils
• C14 Dating – good up
to 50,000 years
Artificial Selection
• People mimic
natural selection
when they select
the characteristics
they desire in
domestic plants
and animals.
Modern Observations of
Evolution
• Industrial melanism
– Pepper Moth
Modern Observations of
Evolution, cont.
• Antibiotic resistance,
e.g., MRSA