PSYC 2410 Study Guide - Final Guide: Courtship Display, Adenine, Cytosine
1 Dec 2016
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The flamingo"s pink legs are thought to be camouflage against the sunset when they are actually due to a diet of shrimp (aka the natural pink dye in shrimp turns flamingos once grey feathers to pink) Fitness: darwinism sense, the ability of an organism to survive and contribute its genes to the next generation. Asomatagnosia: unawareness of one"s own body parts. Mirror neurons are the base of imitation. Evolution change across generations supporting evolution: fossil records, structured similarities (human hand and bat wing, selective/artificial breeding. Direct observation of rapid evolution in progress; galapagos island finches. The concept refers to an increase in the number of dark-coloured moths due to industrial pollution, and a reciprocal decrease in the population in a clean environment. Only big seeds left (other plants did not grow in drought?) Average beak size increased to accommodate big seeds natural selections. Environment acts directly on organisms through organic particles historie naturelle.
