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The naturalist who was known for their observations of finches on the Galapagos Islands.
Who is Charles Darwin?
A diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms.
What is a Phylogenetic Tree?
These structures have the same evolutionary origin, but differ in structure and function
What are Homologous structures
A flightless bird often associated with a country "down-under."
What is a Kiwi?
The naturalist who began their research throughout the Malay Archipelago, before working on the theory of natural selection.
Who is Alfred Wallace
The concept that a living organism is able to decide and execute their own actions that is not solely determined by physical or biological laws.
What is Autonomy
Structures with similar functions but different evolutionary origins
What are Analogous structures
A yellow and black-bodied bird with a unique "stringy" or "wired" tail.
What is a twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
This naturalist wrote On the Origin of Species in 1859.
Who is Charles Darwin?
A group of views held by scientists about the importance of natural selection and their impact on evolution.
What is Adaptationism?
The simultaneous development of adaptations in two or more populations, species, or other categories that interact so closely that each is a strong selective for on each other
What is Co-evolution
A group of birds that create unique and large structures for mating rituals
What is a bowerbird?
The writer of An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
Who is Thomas Malthus?
A major contribution that shaped the concept of the Evolution of Species by Wallace and Darwin.
What is Natural Selection?
The independent development of similar structures in organisms that are not directly related; often found in organisms living in similar environments
What is Convergent evolution
A specific group of birds studied by Darwin
What is a Finch?
When did Darwin win the Pour le Merite award?
When was 1867?
Species in the fossil record that show evidence for how living things evolved
What is Missing link in evolution
A morphological feature that has no apparent current function and is thought to be an evolutionary relic.
What is Vestigial structure
The first bird
What is Archaeopteryx