Main points of TNS
Survival of the fittest
What is the 3rd point of TNS?
The process of a scientist attempting to find the age of rocks
What is Rock Dating?
A blend of Mutation and natural selection
What is Modern Synthesis?
Every species produces more young than can survive
What is the 1st point of TNS?
A type of absolute dating that involves measuring isotopes in the fossils
Study of Embryos for evolutionists they believe that similarities in embryos suggest all vertebrate animals had a common ancestor
Embryology
An old dude who discovered natural selection/evolution theory
Who is Charles Darwin?
Each new generation the traits that better allow survival become more common
What is the 5th Point of TNS?
Measuring the physical properties of an object to calculate age
What is Absolute Dating?
Random mutations that accumulate DNA of a population of organisms increases
What is Genetic load?
Random changes in DNA
What are Mutations?
The individuals in a species compete for survival
What is the 2nd Point of TNS?
Determining fossils or rocks that are older or younger based on their relationship
What is Relative dating?
A feature that an organism no longer has a function
What are Vestigial Structures?
The concept is that all of earth's physical processes happen at the same rate in the present time as they did in the past
What is Uniformitarianism?
Individuals that reproduce pass on their traits
What is the 4th Point of TNS?
1 species is an ancestor of 2 or more species later in time
What is Common Ancestor?
Features that are shared by distinct types of organisms
What are Homogulous Structures?
The theory that traits that allow individuals to survive and reproduce better than other individuals without those traits will become more common in the population
What is the Theory of Natural Selection?