Passage analysis Group 1: 1. According to Darwin, how did natural selection shape our brain and skull size? What does he suggest brain size indicates? 2. Why, according to Darwin, are men stronger than women?
Discussion 2: Who was Charles Darwin? Now that you’ve read about Charles Darwin and Natural Selection in both your textbook (Chapter 1) and the David Quammen article (Was Darwin Wrong?), you should have some insights into Darwin’s education and family background, his approach to scientific ideas, and the moral and professional struggles that influenced his […]
1. Who is credited with one of the FIRST major attempts to explain the process of evolutionary change through time? What is the erroneous mechanism hypothesized by this individual? 2. What can we learn from hummingbirds? How do they provide evidence for natural selection? How do new species arise? 3. How does HIV demonstrate evolution? […]
Write a short paper (500 words) addressing the following: Darwin was not the first to suggest that life has evolved over time. What two ideas did Darwin develop?How did those ideas differ from earlier ideas, and how have those ideas changed since? Does the theory of evolution provide an adequate explanation for the diversity of […]
