1 Ch. 22 Warm-Up What do you remember about Charles Darwin and his scientific ideas? According to Campbell, what is the definition of “evolution”?

2 Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of LifePart A: Darwin & Natural Selection

3 What you must know: How Lamarck’s view of the mechanism of evolution differed from Darwin’s. The role of adaptations, variation, time, reproductive success, and heritability in evolution.

4 Descent with ModificationTheme: Evolutionary change is based on the interactions between populations & their environment which results in adaptations (inherited characteristics) to increase fitness Evolution = change over time in the genetic composition of a population

5 Historical Process of ScienceAristotle: life-forms arranged on scale on increasing complexity (scala naturae) Aristotle B.C.

6 Old Testament - Creationism: Earth ~6000 years old; perfect species individually designed by GodNatural theology: discovering Creator’s plan by studying nature; to classify nature

7 Linnaeus: founder of taxonomy; binomial nomenclature Domain – Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family - Genus – Species (Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti) Domains = Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya Classification based on anatomy & morphology Carolus Linnaeus

8 Paleontologist – studied fossils Cuvier: Paleontologist – studied fossils Deeper strata (layers) - very different fossils from current life Opposed idea of evolution Catastrophism – catastrophe destroyed many living species, then repopulated by immigrant species George Cuvier ( )

9 Formation of sedimentary strata with fossils

10 Slow & subtle changes in organisms  big changeHutton / Lyell: Gradualism = geologic change results from slow & gradual, continuous process Uniformitarianism = Earth’s processes same rate in past & present  therefore Earth is very old Slow & subtle changes in organisms  big change James Hutton Charles Lyell

11 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 1744-1829Published theory of evolution (1809) Use and Disuse: parts of body used  bigger, stronger (eg. giraffe’s neck) Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics: modifications can be passed on Importance: Recognized that species evolve, although explanation was flawed

12 More babies born than deaths Malthus: More babies born than deaths Consequences of overproducing within environment = war, famine, disease (limits of human pop.) Struggle for existence Thomas Malthus ( )

13 Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist1831: joined the HMS Beagle for a 5-year research voyage around the world Collected and studied plant and animal specimens, bones, fossils Notable stop: Galapagos Islands

14 HMS Beagle ( )

15 Galapagos Islands

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17 Darwin’s Finch CollectionThe birds were all about the same size, but the shape and size of the beaks of each species were different.

18 The vice-governor of the Galapagos Islands told Darwin that he could tell which island a particular tortoise came from by looking at its shell. Giant Tortoise

19 Darwin waited 30 years before he published his ideas on evolutionAlfred Russell Wallace – published paper on natural selection first (1858) Charles Darwin (1859): On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Mechanism for evolution is Natural Selection Darwin didn’t use “evolution”, but rather “descent with modification”

20 “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” By Charles Darwin (1859)

21 Adaptations enhance an organism’s ability to survive and reproduceEg. Desert fox - large ears, arctic fox - small ears Overproduction of offspring leads to competition for resources

22 Natural Selection Artificial Selection Nature decides “Man” decides Works on individual Selective breeding Inbreeding occurs eg. beaks eg. dalmations Therefore, if humans can create substantial change over short time, nature can over long time.

23 Key Ideas of Natural Selection:Competition for limited resources results in differential survival. Evolutionary Fitness: Individuals with more favorable phenotypes more likely to survive and produce more offspring, and pass traits to future generations If environment changes or individuals move to new environment, new adaptations and new species may arise. Populations evolve, not individuals.

24 Discovery Video: Charles Darwin

25 PBS: What Darwin Never KnewVideo Clip: 20:18 – 31:27