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Pre Lab-Activity
BIOL 102
Pre-Lab Activity
Tracing Footsteps in Time
Learning Objectives
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Explain how current biometric data of a species can be used to estimate traits of extinct species.
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Explain how anatomical features and the fossil record are used to support the theory of
evolution.
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Create a scatter plot and a “best fit line”
Question:
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Can we use a human’s foot length to predict the height of modern humans?
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Can we predict the height of ancient hominids using the relationship between foot length and
height of modern humans?
Summary:
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In this lab, you will study the relationship between foot length and height of modern humans.
Applying this relationship to footprints left by ancient hominids, we will estimate their height.
Can we accurately predict their height or have modern humans evolved and the relationship
between foot length and height changed?
Materials Needed for Lab
Ruler
Calculator / Computer
Photographic diagram of Laetoli Footprints (Appendix)
Source
Foot Steps in Time. Evolution & the Nature of Science Institutes) www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb
Masao, T. et al. 2016. New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins.
eLife 2016;5:e19568.
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Background
An important goal in paleoanthropology with regards to hominin evolution is documenting body size
variation. It is a common belief that body size is a fundamental property of an organism and impacts its
behavior, life history, anatomy, and ecology. As such, paleontologists commonly try to estimate the body
size associated with the fossils they have found to compare them with living species.
Estimating body
size from a fossil seems like a straightforward process, however there are many aspects that make this
process difficult. Are modern humans the best predictors of body size in early bipedal hominins?
The Human Lineage
This is a select few of the species in the evolution of humans.
Australopithecus afarensis:
one of the earliest human species. Lived approximately 3.85-2.95 million
years ago.
Homo habilis:
one of the earliest members of the Homo species. Lived approximately 2.4 million to 1.4
million years ago.
Homo erectus:
earliest known human to possess longer arms and legs. Lived approximately 1.89 million
to 143,000 years ago.
Homo neanderthalensis:
disappeared nearly 40, 000 years ago.
Homo sapiens:
(this is us) developed 300,000 years ago.
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Source:
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution#/media/1/275670/141800
While it may be difficult to estimate body size, due to the limited number of fossils for each species,
fossil footprints are extremely useful tools in the paleontological record. Their physical features can help
identify their makers but can also be used to infer biological information. How did the track-maker
move? What was the foot shape?
How large was the track-maker? How fast was it going?
Footprints of hominins (namely the group to which humans and our ancestors belong) are rare. Nearly
all the hominin footprints discovered so far are attributed to species of the genus
Homo
, to which
modern humans belong.
The only exceptions are footprints that were discovered in the 1970’s by Mary Leakey’s expedition team
in Laetoli, in northern Tanzania. Laetoli is a well-known paleontological locality where the earliest
hominin footprints in the world (3.66 million years old) are located. These footprints have provided
evidence for understanding the members of the early hominin species
Australopithecus afarensis
(Figure
2) and the environment in which they lived.
Mary Leakey’s team discovered the tracks of three bipedal
hominin individuals (G1, G2, and G3 footprints are shown in Figure 1).
These footprints have provided
evidence for understanding the members of the early hominin species
Australopithecus afarensis
(Figure
1) and the environment in which they lived.
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Activity 3. Deepening The Concepts
Directions: Answer the following questions.
1. How does (a) relative dating and (b) absolute/radioactive datine
determine the age of fossils?
2. How does embryology provide evidence for evolution?
3. How do homologous and vestigial structures provide evidence for
evolution?
4. What could be possible for some species belonging to the same family
to be presently living in various locations on Earth? You can furthel
support your answer with an example.
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PERFORMANCE TASK:
1. Go online. Choose a group of organisms you are interested to work with (e.g. invertebrates);
2. In tabular form, list all the characters. Evaluate the characters (whether primitive or derived).
3. Remember that in building your cladogram, use only shared derived characters.
4. Construct your own cladogram.
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Instruction: Explain your answer.
Scientific Thought:
"In evolutionary relationships using the evidences of evolution, the more closely related the
species are, the more similar their DNA sequences.
Provide concrete evidence through illustration to prove your answer. You may use other
ways to show your answer.
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If an animal has an irregular shape and it's body plan cannot be divided into two equal halves, we say that it has what type of symmetry?
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EXERCISE 1 SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Work in a small group or alone to complete this exercise. (Remember to
underline scientific names when writing them by hand.)
For each of the following scientific names, identify what is wrong with the
way it is currently written. Then, provide the correct format.
Scientific Name
What Is Wrong?
Correct Format
Homo Sapiens
Pan paniscus
pan troglodytes
Complete the following chart by providing the appropriate abbreviation for
each of the scientific names.
Scientific Name
Homo habilis
Gorilla gorilla
Hylobates agilis
Homo neanderthalensis
Correct Abbreviation
Use the chart of abbreviations above to answer the following questions.
1. If you were writing about Homo habilis and Homo neanderthalensis at
the same time, would you need to change your abbreviations? Why or
why not? If you needed to change them, what would the new
abbreviations be?
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INSTRUCTION:
- Answer the question properly
- Discuss your answer
- Do not copy in Google or here in Bartleby. Construct your own answer.
Figure 1: The phylogenetic tree of the Mysticeti.
QUESTION:
1. List tree synapomorphies shared by extant filter-feeding whales.
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Practice...
Lancelet
1. What trait separates Lampreys from tuna on
(outgroup) Lamprey Tuna Salamander Turtie Leopard
this cladogram?
Hair
2. What separates a salamander from a
Amniotic egg
turtle?
Four walking legs
3.
Which organism is most related to the
Jows
leopard?
Vertebral column
4.
What 4 traits do these two organisms
share?
5.
Which organism will have DNA most similar to the turtle?
6.
Which organism's DNA will differ the most from the leopard?
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Match the type of evidence to its description.
Column I
1. In DNA sequencing, the more closely
related two organisms are, the more
similar their DNA.
Column II
A. Paleontology (Fossil Records)
B. Genetics
C. Geography
D. Comparative Anatomy
E. Embryology
F. Adaptation
G. Variation
2. Different habitats favor different traits
and can establish separate populations
that have a common ancestor.
3. Different organisms share similar
structures that have very different
functions, or have remnants of structures
or organs that had a function in the past.
4. Fossil organisms found in bottom (older)
layers are more primitive than those in the
upper (newer) layers.
5. During the early stages of life, embryos
of very different organisms appear to be
very similar. As they continue to develop,
they become increasingly different.
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Activity 3. Deepening The Concepts
Directions: Answer the following questions.
1. How does (a) relative dating and (b) absolute/radioactive dating
determine the age of fossils?
2. How does embryology provide evidence for evolution?
3. How do homologous and vestigial structures provide evidence for
evolution?
4. What could be possible for some species belonging to the same family
to be presently living in various locations on Earth? You can further
support your answer with an example.
Scoring Rubric
4 noints
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Exercise 3. Create a phylogeny to try to understand the evolutionary history of mammals related to the
giant panda using the gene Leptin.
Introduction: Did you know that it is required that every gene that is sequenced and published must be
made fully accessible on the internet. What that means is you can look up any gene online. Today we will
use the NCBI website: The National Center for Biotechnology Information to first find a gene in giant
Pandas and then we will use a feature on the NCBI website called BLAST which measures the degree of
gene sequence similarity between various types of organisms. Once we have identified these gene
sequences we will use them to build a phylogeny to figure out which animals are most closely related to
giant Pandas. 1. First make a guess and label this phylogenetic tree to include: Giant Pandas, Bears, Sea
Lions and Cats. Showing which are most closely related to one another:
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Question 1 of 11 -
Which of the following is the best way to measure the age of the Earth?
Examine rocks collected in my backyard.
O Analyze maps of all known fossil sites in the United States.
O Test the rate of decay of specific elements in rock samples.
O Explore leaves embedded in ash from recent volcanic eruptions.
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LIZARD EVOLUTION VIRTUAL LAB
Answer the following questions as you finish each module of the virtual lab or as a final assessment
after completing the entire virtual lab.
Student Handout
Module 1: Ecomorphs
1. At the beginning of the virtual lab, you were asked to sort eight lizards into categories. What
criteria did you initially use to make your groups? Did you revise your criteria later? Why?
2. An adaptation is a structure or function that is common in a population because it enhances the
ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. Provide one example and an
explanation of one adaptation in the Anolis lizards.
4. What is an ecomorph? Provide one example from the virtual lab.
3. Provide one evolutionary explanation for why lizards living in the same part of the habitat (i.e.,
grass) would have similar characteristics.
5. How is an ecomorph different from a species?
6. Explain how a particular body feature…
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PART II. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY EVIDENCE
> Using the information in the Reading file part Il and textbook reading, answer the following
questions:
1. Whales possess vestigial organs in the form of pelvic girdle and hind limb bones. How would
you explain this?
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Evolution Lab Exercise Report (by Dr. Lapik)
2. How can you explain that, while forelimbs of bats and human arms are used for vastly different
purposes, they do have similar anatomy?
3. How would you explain the presence of gill slits in embryos of animals that do not form gills?
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Part 2:
Investigation: Comparing the Ideas of Darwin and Lamarck
Pre-Lab questions
1. List two ideas proposed by Lamarck's theory of evolution.
2. List two ideas proposed by Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Similarities which have arisen independently in two or more organisms that are not closely related reflect
Select one:
a. parallel evolution
b. convergence
c. character reversal
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GENERAL BIOLOGY 2
SUMMATIVE TEST: GENERAL BIOLOGY 2
Module 4
Name of Learner:
Section:
Grade Level:
Date:
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Avoid ERASURES.
1. A primitive character is known as
a. plesiomorphy
b. apomorphy
c. synapomorphy
d. amorphy
2. What characteristic is observed in the organism such as the flippers of whales (mammals) or fins of
sharks (fish) that share a trait but is different in morphological ancestry.
b. homologous
a. analogous
c. vestigial
d. divergent
3. If the similarity between two characters in two separate taxa is attributable to their presence in a
common ancestor, then these two characters are said to be
a. analogous b. homologous
c. vestigial
d. divergent
4. His works mainly focus on taxa that share many derived characters as opposed to those that do not
I have shared derived characters.
a. William Hen
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INSTRUCTION
• Answer the question properly
• Do not copy here in Bartleby or Google.
QUESTION
1. Think of a trait, for example color or taste that you would want another organisms to posses such trait, how are you going to do it?
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Practice(not graded)
There exist several categories of evidence that lend credence to the interrelated nature of all organisms alive today. Describe two (2) pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution (and the notion of a universal common ancestor).
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Becoming Human worksheet Part I: “First Steps”
What is the significance of the discovery of a fossil named Salaam (or “peace” in Ethiopian)?
2. Roughly when was Salaam living and how do we know this?
3. What are the comparisons made between chimpanzees and Australopithecus and how are they significant?
4. What was the climate/environment of Africa like many millions of years ago (say, 6 mya)?
5. According to biomechanist Daniel Lieberman, why did human ancestors become bipedal (walked
upright)?
6. What is the Molecular Clock and how does it work?
7. What was the significance of the discovery of Sahlenthropus tchadensis?
8. What evidence is used to suggest that brain development was happening in early human ancestors?
9. What was the climate of Africa like roughly 3 million years ago to 1 ½ million years ago?
10. How are these latest discoveries being used to challenge traditional conceptions of human evolution?
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Time Frame:
EVOLUTION
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to describe general features of the
history of life on Earth, including generally accepted dates and sequence of the
geologic time scale and characteristics of major groups of organisms present
during these time periods; and explain the mechanisms that produce change in
populations from generation to generation (e.g., artificial selection, natural
selection, genetic drift, mutation, recombination)
TOPIC:
Learning Competencies:
Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. Life first appeared on Earth about 4 billion years ago. The first life
forms were microscopic, single-celled organisms. From these simple beginnings, evolution gradually produced
the vast diversity of life today.
In this lesson, you'll learn about the history of life from its origins until now. You'll learn that living things
had to cope with some astounding changes. Giant meteorites struck Earth's surface. Continents drifted and…
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Which method provides the most accurate evidence for scientists to use when
determining evolutionary relationships between two species of animals?
identifying fossil patterns in rock strata where the animals live
looking for similarities in the coloration and eating habits of the animals
looking for similar vestigial structures in both species of animals
comparing genetic sequences in the animals using samples of DNA
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Contrast ST and NST in humans and non-human animals. Why does Marchand (or any other evidence) conclude it probably doesn’t happen in adult humans, and what new techniques show it is present in some adult humans .
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. On the branches of the phylogenetic tree on the back side of this worksheet, write in a unique derived trait (Autapomorphy), either anatomical
or behavioral, that is used to distinguish each primate subgroup from the other taxa of primates. The points where the derived traits should
be entered are labelled A1 - A6 and a written description of what is expected for each appears below and to the right of the tree.
2. On the trunk of the phylogenetic tree write in a shared derived trait (Synapomorphy) that unifies the branches (clades) of the tree which sit
to the right of the trait marker (S1-S5). Again these traits can be either anatomical or behavioral and a written description of what is
expected for each appears below and to the right of the tree.
For both #1 and #2 you should write in at least one trait for each trait marker (A1-A6 and S1-S5) that appears on the phylogenetic tree. Make sure
all entries are detailed enough to differentiate taxa and written legibly. If…
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