Evidence for Evolution

Fossil Record

Physical remains of organisms

What are fossils?

Types of fossils

Examples

Subtopic

Mapped fossils

Biogeography

Geographical distribution of plants and animals

What is biogeography?

Darwin's Finches

Evidence from Anatomy

Similarities and differences

Wings compared

Comparative Anatomy

Evidence from Embryology

Development of anatomy

Comparative Embryology

Human embryo vs. chick embryo

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This compares the development of chickens vs humans - showing that all vertebrates have similar developmental stages early on but at a certain point they diverge.

Evidence from DNA

DNA Evidence

Similarities in DNA

Lines of Evidence

DNA

Evidence by Example

ancient organism remains, fossil layers, similarities among organisms alive today, similarities in DNA, and similarities of embryos

Human example

Evidence in human skull

Examples of evolution

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