Questions for âOne Long Argumentâ Chapters 1,2,4,6 (and beginning of 5)
2a. What evidence did not fit with special creation?
2b. What is meant by "vertical" vs. "horizontal" evolution? (Use the evolutionary tree to visualize the two dimensions.)
2c. How is the situation with the Galapagos mockingbirds like the "natural experiment" you read about in Diamond's chapter on Polynesia?
2d. What is the difference between a "descriptive" and a "causal" science (p. 22-23)?
2e. How did common descent change the nature of the sciences of anatomy, embryology, systematics, and biogeography? Give an example of a question that common descent made possible to investigate. (E.g.: "Why are humans sometimes born with tails?")
2f. Which aspect of Darwin's theory was most acceptable to his Victorian audience? Which aspect was *least* acceptable?
Questions for âOne Long Argumentâ Chapters 1,2,4,6 (and beginning of 5)
2a. What evidence did not fit with special creation?
2b. What is meant by "vertical" vs. "horizontal" evolution? (Use the evolutionary tree to visualize the two dimensions.)
2c. How is the situation with the Galapagos mockingbirds like the "natural experiment" you read about in Diamond's chapter on Polynesia?
2d. What is the difference between a "descriptive" and a "causal" science (p. 22-23)?
2e. How did common descent change the nature of the sciences of anatomy, embryology, systematics, and biogeography? Give an example of a question that common descent made possible to investigate. (E.g.: "Why are humans sometimes born with tails?")
2f. Which aspect of Darwin's theory was most acceptable to his Victorian audience? Which aspect was *least* acceptable?
