UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ EXPLAIN DARWIN’S OBSERVATIONS AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIP TO EVOLUTION.
¨ DEFINE AND EXPLAIN DARWIN’S PRINCIPLES OF
FITNESS AND ADAPTATION.
¨ COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO METHODS USED
TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF THE EARTH.
¨ EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE
FOSSIL RECORD.
¨ EXPLAIN WHAT SIMILARITIES OF ORGANISMS TELL
US ABOUT EVOLUTION.
¨ STATE DARWIN AND LAMARCK’S THEORIES OF
EVOLUTION.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENON OF THE PEPPERED
MOTHS.
¨ EXPLAIN ARTIFICIAL SELECTION.
¨ DESCRIBE HOW GENETICS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS.
¨ EXPLAIN HOW AND EXISTING SPECIES CAN LEAD
TO THE EVOLUTION OF A NEW SPECIES.
¨ LIST THE BASIC FACTS ABOUT HUMAN ORIGINS ON
WHICH ALL RESEARCHERS AGREE.
¨ EXPLAIN HOW PRIMATES EVOLVED.
¨ LIST AND DESCRIBE SOME HOMINID SPECIES.
¨ EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF HOMINIDS TO MODERN
HUMANS.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS FIFTEEN THROUGH SEVENTEEN