Evolutionary Concepts
Change in allele frequency due to transfer between populations
What is gene flow?
What is the genetic makeup?
What is genotype?
What is Tinbergen's
What part of the brain had the first big changes?
What is olfactory bulb and somatosensory system
What is the ecological intelligence hypothesis?
Bigger brains and intelligence help individuals exploit their ecological circumstances, especially regarding food.
What mutations can be passed on to offspring?
What is germ line mutations
When was the theory of evolution suggested?
What is before Darwins time?
The peacock's tail serves no survival advantage. It is a bright colorful tail that attracts male peacocks. This i an example of?
What is byproducts of evolution?
What do neurons do the humans have the most of?
Why must advantageous traits be inherited across generations?
What is evolutionary success?
An organism's ability to pass on its genes. Reflects reproductive ability and adaptation to the environment
What is fitness?
Who proposed the inheritance of acquired characteristics?
What begins as a genetic mutation that offer survival advantages and eventually becomes more common over generations?
What is adaptations?
According to Truine brain theory, the evolution of the human brain can be categorized into what three distinct phases?
1. Reptilian brain
2. Limbic brain
3. Mammalian brain
What is artificial selection?
Humans have a close evolutionary relationship with ___?
What are chimpanzees?
What did Mendel's work with pea plants demonstrate?
What is that genes are the fundamental units of heredity?
What does the EEA refer to?
What is the historical conditions that shaped specific adaptations?
What is the adaptive intelligence hypothesis?
cognitive abilities evolve in response to relatively specific environmental challenges.
Aquatic mammals like sharks and dolphins have evolved similar streamlined bodies for swimming. This is an example of?
What is convergent evolution?