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    plant over billions of years was the establishment and evolution of life as we understand today. In the sciences, evolution is a widely-accepted theory that posits the development, alteration, and otherwise change of a population of species. The evolution of a group of organisms is often mistakenly assumed to always be positive (i.e. the misconception that evolution is always a progression towards a “better” organisms). Given that evolution is a

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    Evolution is defined as a genetic change in population or species over generations. Evolution by natural selection is a very important concept in biology since it lays the foundation of evolutionary thought of how organisms have developed gradually over a long period of time. The ideas of evolution were not accepted until Charles Darwin published his book “On the Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection” in 1859. Before the evolutionary thought, people believed that all organisms were created

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    There are many different factors that can lead to the evolution of organisms over time. Evolution is one of the many ways that researchers have found to help in the understanding of selection. Convergent evolution, which involves different lineages evolving similar traits independently, is just one of the many ways. This type of evolution is seen in echolocation in mammals. Echolocation is a phenotypic trait that is known to have evolved independently in two groups of bats (Yangochiroptera and

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    Evolution Vs Creation Creation and evolution, may be very different theories, but do they have to conflicted each other so much as seen in society? Could they in fact complement each other? The ideas of both evolution and creation, separates science from believe. It is seen as the dividing line, for two sides, science and biblical believers, trying to explain how we how we have come to what we are today. Creationism describes that there is a God, who created the world and the universe. From the bible

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    creation of humanity have rapidly changed since the discovery of evolution. Nevertheless, there was a time before the world did not know the theory of evolution and the theories demonstrated by Sir Charles Darwin. Before the evolution, there were people who were subjected to religious ideologies of how mankind was created, they believed that the upper class was known to be “divine creatures”. However, the introduction of evolution leads the theory to be the base of biology and changes the minds of

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    various subfields within Anthropology to adapt to the human species. Evolution would be defined as when “something” can develop from something that is simplistic to something that can adapt to the world around it and is more complex. All human beings in past and present as well as all living organisms have been part of a process of Evolution. Evolution can be viewed as adaptations, as well as growing to better advancment, evolution has taken ahold of all species throughout history. It is human nature

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    arose to answer this question were the theory of evolution and the theory of creationism. The theory of evolution claims that humans have evolved over thousands of years from apes and is the process of organisms changing over time to adapt themselves better to their environment. The theory of creationism comes from a religious viewpoint and is the idea that a God or higher being created the entire universe and all things within it. In other words, evolution has a more scientific stance in the creation

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    because we have so many technological advancements and that humans can build or make anything necessary for their survival. Even with the current technology and other advancements, research has proven that humans are still evolving. Much of the evolution that is happening today has to do with the human genome and adapting to current issues in the world. There has been much research done on the human genome and how it is still mutating and changing. Natural selection has a big part in how the genome

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    Since Charles Darwin suggested the theory of evolution by natural selection in this best-known work, On the Origin of Species, controversy has followed. As a (computer) scientist, this student has no personal problem with the theory of evolution. However, since the debate of whether or not evolution actually exists is still alive and well today, a brief exploration of the arguments against is not only interesting, but also increasingly necessary. Why is there such disparity over this topic over one

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    Ella Sachs Mrs.Jarvis AP Biology April 6th, 2015 The Process of Evolution Evolution is “the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth,” "Google." Google. Google, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015. Evolution is the reason there is change in the genetic makeup of a population, the reason organisms are linked by common ancestors, and evolution is still happening today because of the constant change in environment

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