What is some evidence of evolution?

Answer 1

One of the best lines of evidence for evolution are Endogenous retroviruses (ERV's).ERV's are a special type of virus that infects DNA. They continue to get copied from generation to generation even when they're no longer active and are thus kind of like a fossil in our DNA. When you compare the DNA of humans and chimpanzees, you will find the exact same ERV's in the exact same locations, something that simply could not have happened by chance. This indicates that humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor.

Answer 2

Darwin's finches is a pretty good example of some evidence. The finches he studied were in the Galapagos Islands and research after his theory has provided strong evidence for that idea of evolution. The finches have different beaks according to the food that were present on their islands. So some have thick, short beaks to put lots of pressure on nuts to crack them open. The fact that finches do not fly long distances meant that they adapted to the islands food sources. If they were caught up in stormy winds and carried over to a "foreign" island, they were very quick to find a mate that had the suitable beak for the new islands food thus producing a hybrid that could eat the islands food source.

Answer 3

Evidence of evolution includes fossil records showing transitions between different species, similarities in DNA and proteins across different species, and the presence of vestigial structures (like the human tailbone) that have lost their original function. Additionally, the observation of natural selection in action, such as the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, provides further evidence for evolution.