CAS BI 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Binomial Nomenclature, Macroevolution, Carl Linnaeus
4 Nov 2016
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Comes from a trial in 1982 in a case about creationism. Guided by natural law (think gravity what goes up must come down) 600 million years ago the cambrian explosion (period in which first evidence of cells were) Doushantuo fossils- fossils depicting process of embryos forming. In 2007, evidence suggested that fossils do not contain eukaryotic cells, but rather prokaryotic cells. Later in 2007, other evidence supported the idea that they were eukaryotic cells. In 2011, fossils were told as none of the above. The fossils from the doushantuo formation would best be described as. Choices: bacteria, animals, protists, fungi, not clear what they are. Answer: not clear what the doushantuo fossils are: charles darwin (1809-1882) Raised in a wealthy family and was in medical school, but did not like the culture and quit. At the age of 22, joined a voyage on the beagle. Beagle moved around south america plotting the coastline.
