Evolution

Evolution can speed up due to factors like environmental changes, new selection pressures, genetic mutations that provide a survival advantage, or genetic drift in small populations. These factors can push populations to adapt and evolve at a faster rate to increase their chances of survival and reproduction in their changing environment.

DNA provides greater stability and accuracy in storing genetic information compared to RNA. This makes DNA less prone to errors and mutations, allowing for more efficient replication and inheritance of genetic material. This likely led to the switch to DNA-based genetic systems during evolution on Earth.

The punctuated equilibrium model of evolution suggests that evolution occurs in rapid bursts of change separated by long periods of stability. This model emphasizes the idea that species evolve quickly in response to environmental changes, leading to abrupt shifts in their characteristics over relatively short periods of time.

Nowhere. Evolutionists who do not believe in the idea that man has a soul, do not believe that a person goes anywhere after death, but that once the person dies, he or she ceases to exist. There are of course some who are evolutionists and who do believe in the existence of the soul.

One can only assume that by "evolutionist" you mean people who have concluded that the theory of evolution is a good explanation for the development of life on earth. However, these people are not uniform with respect to beliefs such as religion, heaven, or god, so that your question cannot be answered. What, did you imagine that only atheists accepted evolution?

Cells are the base unit of living organisms. At the beginning of life, the first organisms must have been single cells like today's bacteria. All organisms have evolved from that simplest prokaryotic cell, and from unicellular, multicellular organisms evolved. Also, all of biochemistry changes with Natural Selection, as does genetics. The biochemistry of the cell and cell differentiation has evolved. Photosynthetic cells, immune cells, nervous cells.... All have evolved with the higher organisms and have given them their identities of having neurological systems, immune systems or the ability to photosynthesise.

Since life's basic unit is the cell, the basic unit of evolution (of the phenotype) is indeed largely the cell too. From zygote develops organism within the constraints of that species' evolution, cell by cell by cell by differentiated cell.

Morphological stasis refers to a lack of change or evolution in the physical traits or structures of a species over an extended period of time. This can occur when a species is well adapted to its environment and experiences little pressure to evolve.

The notion that we only use some fraction of our brain is based on an oversimplification of an outdated understanding of how the brain actually works (in other words, it's wrong). It may be true that at any given time only a small fraction of your neurons are firing, but that's more because you don't often have a need for the neurons that govern, say, remembering exactly what benzaldehyde smells like (cherries, if you're interested).

There's no reason to think that geniuses use a "higher percentage" of their brains than anyone else.... they just do it better, somehow, and we really don't understand exactly how.

There is no secret, chemical or morphological, behind a genius using his brain more effectively and successfully than many others. He simply keeps his neurons free of other electrical and chemical impulses, impurities, disturbances, disruptions, cross-currents and short-circuits such as those caused by sudden or continuing erruptions of anger, hate, lust and so on. The ancient Indian philosophers have defined this state of the resultant chemical and electrical special balance as Cleanliness Of Conscience or Kundtalini. Where many people are prone to diverge in their thoughts, emotions and feelings, they are clear-conscious enough to make them converge, thereby reducing the need for using more neurons. Anyway complex thoughts result in the formation of more chemical combinations and more intense and intricate electrical discharges. The projecting of the fore head frontwards in the cource of evolution increased the internal volume of the skull by which more quantity of brain could it contain, which has been critical in the emergence of intellect in man. The erection of the backbone unlike in animals also has been a critical factor. When the backbone remained horizontal to the axis of the Earth, all the excess energy produced was being arrested and pulled down to earth by the gravitational force. But once it became erect, it was freed from the magnetic pull of the earth and all excess and unused energy went straight to the brain and it developed. It is not strange that a sitting sleeper is more conscious and alert than a lying sleeper. When compared to animals, all men are geniuses once they get rid of all rubbish in their brain and do not overcrowd it.

Predators create a selective pressure on a population. For example, birds that eat insects put a selective pressure on the insects to have better camouflage. Lions that run fast put a selective pressure on their prey to be able to run even faster.

Its the same as a selective pressure created by the environment like adaptation to living in a cold environment. Those that can survive the cold the best live. The insects with the best camouflage survive as do the animals that can run the fastest.

Theories of evolution, particularly Darwin's theory of natural selection, were strongly resisted for various reasons including conflicting religious beliefs, societal implications related to human origins and behavior, and scientific challenges to existing worldviews. Many people found the idea of humans evolving from simpler life forms to be contrary to their religious beliefs and the idea that life forms were not divinely created went against long-held beliefs. Additionally, the implications of evolution challenged social hierarchies and traditional power structures, causing resistance from those who benefitted from the status quo.

Yes. In a predator/prey environment, a fast predator puts a selective pressure on the population of their pray so that the fastest of the prey elude and survive. The faster predators can catch prey and the ones that don't die, so only the fastest of the predators survive... and it cycles this way so that only the fastest of the animals survives.

The same works for other situations. For example, birds develop better and better eye sight to spot their prey who are getting better and better at camouflaging themselves.

They are ALL multicellular (many cells).

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed the theory of acquired characteristics, which suggests that new organs or traits can appear in a species as a result of the organism's use or disuse of certain body structures. This idea posits that organisms can pass on these acquired traits to their offspring. However, this concept is not widely accepted in modern evolutionary biology.

Because it is based on a massive body of evidence that provides correct predictions of what we should find.


For example, humans have 46 chromosomes and the "great" apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans) have 48. Why is this?

It was predicted that since we were the outlier, that we had a chromosome that fused. We started searching our genome and found teleomeres in the middle of chromosome #2. What does this mean? Well, since teleomeres are only found on the ends of chromosomes, this provided the evidence that our chromosomes had a head to head fusion.

Upon more research it was found that the genes on our Chromosome #2 (the fused one) directly correlated with the genes on two of the chromosomes of the "great" apes.


It has also been used to find specific fossils by predicting where the transitional species would be AND and what depth in the geological column. This is how we found a species of animal that was an ancestor of whales which lived both on land and in the water.


It's these kinds of correct, testable predictions that make evolution scientific theory.

The formation of a new species can result from processes such as geographic isolation, genetic mutations leading to reproductive isolation, and natural selection favoring different traits in separate populations. Over time, these factors can drive genetic divergence between populations to the point where they are no longer able to interbreed successfully, leading to the development of a new species.

Body parts that are reduced in size with no apparent function would be vestigial limbs. Evolution could be at the root of the development of vestigial limbs. A good example would be a T-Rex with his tiny arms.

Because of the lack of hard parts. Geological upheaval (this affects all fossils to a certain degree ). To name two reasons that are supported by the evidence. It also hinges on what you mean as " little. " The evidence, by way of analogy, would convict a saint of murder. It is strong enough for that and strong enough to support evolutionary theory

Organisms can be compared through anatomical similarities, where shared structures suggest a common ancestor. They can also be compared through molecular evidence, such as DNA sequences, to reveal genetic relationships and common ancestry.

He found out what made people sick.

In more detail, he reported his Griffith Experiment, which was the first widely accepted demonstration of bacterial transformation. He showed that Streptococcus pneumonae could transform from one strain to another, an observation that was attributed to an unidentified transforming principle or factor that was later identified as DNA.

Darwin's theory of evolution as proposed in "On the Origin of Species" does not differ from what scientists have discovered. The ongoing work still proves the theory today.
Bearing in mind that Darwin, and all others, did not know anything about genetics at the time he was writing, it is remarkable that he was able to propose the theory along with Alfred Russel Wallace at the time.

Very little, considering that genes and DNA were completely unknown in those days.

The only serious difference between Darwin's Theory and what scientists know today was that Darwin made several logical jumps in terms of how traits were passed from parent to offspring and had no idea about the historical record of fossils. Incorporating genetics and fossils into the study of evolution has allowed scientists to clearly explain how x became y using records and analyses unavailable to Darwin at the time.

1.) It takes billions of years.

2.) It creates bad structures like the human eye. While it is useful, it is poorly set up so there is a blind spot in it. It also gave a universal "tick" under the left eye, back pain in humans because of the curvature in the spine was good for walking on all fours like gorilla didn't adapt fast enough for when humanoids started walking on two legs. It leaves things hanging around like the appendix, a vestigial organ with some minor benefit but can be lived without, but has a much more detrimental effect of possibly causing death...

The sickle cell allele is caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, which encodes a protein called hemoglobin. This mutation causes an abnormal form of hemoglobin (HbS) to be produced, leading to the characteristic sickle shape of red blood cells in individuals with sickle cell disease.

The evolution of the ribosome is problematic because of its complex structure and function. Understanding how such a sophisticated molecular machine evolved from simpler precursors is challenging due to the lack of intermediate forms in the evolutionary record. It also involves intricate interactions between proteins and RNA, making it difficult to trace its evolutionary history.

Alfred Russel Wallace came up with the same ide but didnt get to publish his idea on time to get credit for it