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EVOLUTION Evidence for evolution • • • • • Biochemical Anatomical Structure Fossil Record Artificial Selection Modern Examples Biochemical Evidence for Evolution • • • • • • 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