Why Does Evolution Happen

Evolution is a change over time in species to adapt to new environments. Evolution has been a known fact now, but not all people believe in it. Some believe that evolution is a myth, or a lie. There is evidence that evolution is real.

Everyone on this Earth has a different opinion. Whether they are black, white, hispanic, conservative, democratic, religious or nonreligious… everyone has a different opinion and we do not agree with one another. Religion is a pretty big topic today and people for centuries have been wondering who it was or what it was that created the world we live in. Creationists refer a verse in the Bible, Genesis 1:1 which says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Creationists also believe how in chapter 1 of the book of Genesis explains that God created the earth in six days and rested on the seventh. But what there was not a God who created the world? Perhaps there is some alternative as to how we got to be here. Maybe it is impossible

Throughout history, there has been a major debate on the theory of evolution. Is it true? The term evolution has been defined many ways, and for the purpose of this paper, I will use the fourth definition from the Merriam-Webster dictionary. “Evolution is the descent with modification from preexisting species: cumulative inherited change in a population of organisms through time leading to the appearance of new forms: the process by which new species or populations of living things develop from preexisting forms through successive generations.” (Merriam-Webster, 2017) What does this mean and how could it possibly be true? In this paper, I will explain the different ideas

Natural selection is the process where organisms that have more advantageous adaptions that benefit its survival in its environment then breed and produce offspring with similar traits that then have a greater chance of survival. For natural selection to occur there are essential elements that are required; variation, heritability and excess production. For the formation of a new species there must be variation within a species so that some may have slightly better adaptions to the climate, diseases or other survival traits like better camouflage. The organisms that possess these adaptions are sometimes called more fit; this is called ‘survival of the fittest’. The ‘fitter’ organisms will then reproduce and their offspring will inherit the

The word evolution means the process of change over a period of time. For example: plants and animals evolve over time by their genetic system allowing them to adapt to different changes in the world. The theory of evolution states animals, insects, plants, humans, and etc are all from a one-celled ancestor. A bad example of evolution is having a bad diet, which does not pass on to your next generation.

Evolution, before being called so, was first referred to by Charles Darwin in On the Origins of Species as descent with modification. This is a very good general explanation for what evolution is. Darwin believed that over long periods of time, animals’ traits changed and developed. This strayed from the traditional beliefs at the time which was that all species were created by God and did not change. He also believed that all animals were somehow related. He supported this belief with the idea that there were transitional species that existed as different animals evolved. His specific theory was that evolution occurred by means of a mechanism called natural selection.

When we hear the word "evolution" most people probably picture an image of a chimpanzee that is slowing morphing into a human over several hundred years. Some people might think that evolution is ridiculous, how could we have come from monkeys? The theory of evolution, I believe, is one of the most important concepts for people to learn. It explains what we descended from and where we came from as a species. The overwhelming evidence to support this idea is almost irrefutable. Evolution is much more complex than "we came from monkeys." Adaptations in traits and genetics over time have influenced almost every species and continues to this day.

Over the past few centuries, humans have been questioning and debating over what makes evolution true. In Jerry Coyne’s work, Why Evolution is True, he noted two kinds of evidence from Darwin’s theory of evolution. The first evidence includes the six testable predictions of evolution: evolution, gradualism, speciation, common-ancestry, natural selection, and nonselective mechanisms of evolutionary change. The second evidence that Coyne noted in his work is the retrodiction. In Coyne’s work, Why Evolution is True, a retrodiction is the facts and data that are not necessarily predicted by the theory of evolution but it makes sense only in the light of the theory of evolution. Retrodiction uses present theories to explain events that happens in the past. Since evolution is a slow process, theories could not be tested. Therefore, we explain the existence of vestigial structures and how humans share a common ancestor with fish through the theory of evolution. Throughout the text, examples of retrodiction are the imperfect adaptation of a panda’s thumb and gill slits in the beginning stages of a human embryo. Common ancestry is proven by the existence of fossils and these evidences proves that evolution is true.

To illustrate, the theory of evolution by natural selection is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits. Darwin was the first to formulate the theory and alludes to the fact that given enough time and enough accumulated changes, natural selection can create an

An adaptation is a result of evolution. They can be structural (physical features), behavioural and physiological (special response e.g. snake producing venom). These adapted characteristics (or mutations) develop for a creature to survive in it’s environment better, which are then passed on to its offspring. For example, the Wolly Mammoth possessed a number of physical adaptations to survive the cold

The theory of evolution, as set forth by Charles Darwin in 1859, stated that all plant and animal life evolved over long periods of time from simple to more complicated forms through mutation and adaptation. He also taught that only the fittest of each species would survive. He further postulated that the first living cell evolved in a "warm warm little pond" and that it took billions of years for the present diversity of living things to evolve. At the time, it was thought that the few "missing links" in the fossil record would be soon filled.(Darwin, 1927 ). Today, however, there is today a considerable body of scientific evidence that refutes this entire theory.

First, I want to go over and talk about the Evolutionary Theory. The Evolutionary Theory is a theory that has been supported by years of experiments which is known as being one of the best speculation of natural occurrence. The changes on earth through different events that occurred over time could be the cause of such a variety of species to exist on

Evolution is a real thing that happened and is still happening today, there is so much evidence to prove it. We have the fossil record, we know how natural selection works and how and why it happens, and we know how artificial selection works and that we use it all of the time today. There is just too much evidence to call evolution just a theory.

Adaptationism is the belief that the traits seen in organisms are the results of evolution by natural selection. There are different forms of adaptationism and many different definitions as to what an adaptation is, with some believing it is impossible to test a hypothesis about an adaptation at all. This essay will look at a) how to define adaptation b) different forms of adaptationism and c) consider the different methods of testing whether a phenotype is an adaptation.