Cultural evolution

The chicken and egg dilemma Many of you will be aware of the famous dilemma of the chicken and the egg – which came first? For those of you who aren’t aware, essentially this has been a question in philosophical thought for many centuries. The question asks, how can the first chicken have come from an egg when that egg would have had to have been laid by a chicken, and how can the first egg have come from a chicken when that chicken would have had to have been hatched from an egg? Thus, the dilemma

Neo-Lamarckism Future followers of Lamarck tried to modify Lamarckism in order to make it acceptable, based on the idea of adaptation and an intimate direct and causal relationship between structure, function and environment. Prominent Neo-Lamarckians like Mc Dougall, Giard (1846-1908), Cope (1840-1897), and T.H. Morgan believed that only those characters, which are incorporated into the germplasm, are inherited to the next generation and result in origin of new species. Under Neo-Lamarckism following

genocide. That idea is Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. In its basic form, the theory of evolution has been confirmed so completely that most modern biologists consider evolution simply a fact (Mayr 1982). It states that environmental factors such as climate, disease, competition from other organisms, and availability of certain types of food will lead to the preferential survival and reproduction of

The concept of scientists using genetic engineering is significantly more controversialy than domestication or artificial selection. There are many similarities and differences between these different techniques of modifying an organism. Many people believe that genetic engineering is taking the science too far because creating life is the job of God. By reading and discussing both fictional and non-fictional articles, both methods, genetic engineering and artificial selection, have similarities

Designer Babies, a threat to humanity or a cure to life's worst problems? A new baby is like the beginning of all things Wonder, hope, possibilities Eda J. LeShan (American writer, television host, counselor, educator, and playwright.) Designer babies is a technology that could soon be all around us. Designer babies uses a gene editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9, it allows you to choose what your future child would be like to the finest details. CRISPR-Cas9 can also be used to make more efficient

Science, The Theory of Evolution is a network of theories that have formed the very basis of biology today. Before Darwin, the first scientist to “confidently state his ideas about biological change” (O’Neill 2) was Jean-Baptiste Chevalier de Lamarck. He believed that evolution occurs when an organism uses a part of their body to the point where it changes during its lifetime and the acquired characteristic is inherited by offspring. Even though his theory about evolution was proven wrong by George

Introduction This research paper is going to be based on a few focal points. The first topic this essay is going to cover is how local communities can be aided by government efforts to conserve biodiversity. The second half will consist of examples showing how species can be both positively and negatively affected by conservation efforts. Local v. Government The biology aspect of this paper is ecology. So, how is wildlife conservation related to ecology? Since the suffix “-ology” means “the study

The future is affected either negatively or positively by the choices that we make. There are many choices in life that impacts the future, such as choosing a profession, choosing to get married or choosing to have children. All of those choices have the ability to make somebody miserable or incredibly happy, depending on that person's feeling toward it. For example, if somebody decides to follow a profession about what they love, the chances are that they will lead a successful and happy life, however

fought over for years can be solved with a little research. So does the theory of evolution make sense or should creation be taken into consideration. Looking at nature and life is amazing, everything has so many interacte details but not all people view it the same, some people still believe in the theory of evolution or “apes to humans”. One example many people think of when hearing the word evolution is apes, evolution claims that apes evolved into humans. If that were true then why are there still

become a part of our everyday lives from small gadgets like our phones to huge scientific breakthroughs like rockets. Even discovering how humans evolved from apes into the organisms that they are today, revealed how humans are still undergoing evolution. Curiosity is a trait that has inspired humans to innovate and be where they are today, and has given them the capability to be able to make tools that can make their lives easier. Unfortunately, these tools have inclined humans to become increasingly