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Q: What example is most similar to the evidence that Darwin used to support his idea of natural selection?
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What are examples of structural evidence of evolution?

Similar bone structures in species


Type of evolution in which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments?

Analogous selection.


How do living things and non living things effect each other?

Living conditions such as other similar organisms to an organism in question often results in competition for food, nutrients, and / or shelter. Natural selection is usually a result of this (natural selection is where the strongest survive), leading to evolution and development of the species. The environment, in turn, benefits from natural selection due to the decreased number of organisms draining resources. In essence, it is a cycle, with the living depending on the nonliving / other living, those being depended upon running short, the depending fighting each other, and the depended upon benefiting as a result.


How are embryos used as evidence of evolution?

this is because they have a link with early ancestors of similar structure.


What is the important concept in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?

The theory of evolution was developed by Charles Darwin. He sailed on the HMAS Beagle to the Galapagos islands. He said that the finches were very similar, but had different beaks. This was probably so they didn't have to compete with other birds for food. They evolved by natural selection. This means that the bird with features best suited to the environment would breed and pass their characteristics on to the next generation. Birds not suited would die. This also happens with bacteria. Bacteria with a natural resistance to antibiotics would survive, breed and pass their genes onto the next generation.

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Where did Darwin find large amounts of evidence to support natural selection?

If my memory serves me correct, I'm pretty sure it was at the Galapagos's islands. I remember watching documentaries on him on the History Channel or something similar.


Charles Darwin concluded that in similar environments around the world could produce similar structures in unrelated species?

Natural selection


Did gh hardy and Wilhelm weinberg used algebra and probability to model natural selection?

No, the two of them used algebra and probability to model population biology, not natural selection, however similar the two may be.


Who proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection that was similar to Darwin's theory?

Alfred Russel Wallace. Google him.


What was Wallace contribution to the theory of natural selection?

Wallace's contribution was almost similar to what Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is. Is that helpful?


How are artificial selection and natural selection similar?

Natural selection and artificial selection both involve an organism's traits being determined by how much they're favored. Then, the organisms with favorable traits pass those traits on to future generations.However, natural selection is caused by survival; the organisms with traits that increase their chances for survival and reproduction pass on their traits. As for artificial selection, humans purposefully decide which traits (like the most colorful one) of an organism to pass on.The similarity of artificial selection and natural selection is that they both can cause changes in the frequency of population.


Why did artificial selection interest Darwin?

Artificial selection interested Darwin because it demonstrated that traits could be modified over generations through selective breeding. This process allowed humans to intentionally choose which traits were passed on to offspring, leading Darwin to realize that a similar natural process could occur in nature, driving evolution through natural selection.


Who inventen the theory or evolution?

Charles Robert Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace developed similar and almost simultaneous theories of evolution by natural selection.


How is mutation and natural selection similar?

Both establish that: 1. There are limited reproductive opportunities 2. Only those organisms with "favorable" traits will be allowed to reproduce and pass the traits onto their offspring The difference is that artificial selection involves human intervention


How does natural selection determine the differential survival of groups of organisms?

In a sense, one might say that this is the case. But in a more direct sense, natural selection determines which organisms do not get to procreate (as much). Natural selection is therefore more a limiting phenomenon than an enabling one.


How did Darwin explain why Galapagos species had different adaptions and similar South American species?

Define the term Variation and natural selection how do they work together to help cause evolution


How are selective breeding and natural selection similar?

In both processes the favourable characteristics are passes on to the next generation.Both processes eventually form a new species.