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Chapter 7
Evolution and the Fossil Record
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Chapter 7 - Guiding Questions
• What lines of evidence convinced Charles Darwin that organic evolution produced the species of the modern world?
• What are the components of natural selection? • What is the source of the variability that is the basis of natural
selection? • What role does geography play in speciation? • What factors lead to evolutionary radiation?• Why is convergence one of the most convincing kinds of evidence that
evolutionary changes are adaptive? • Why do species become extinct? • What is mass extinction?• In what ways can evolutionary trends develop?
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Evolution
Evolution– changes in populations,
which consist of groups of individuals that live together and belong to the same species
– a change in gene frequencies
– populations evolve, not individuals
• YOU can’t evolve!
Extinct ground sloth (20 ft long)
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Evolution
Adaptations– specialized features of
animals and plants (or any other organism) which perform one or more useful functions
– allow that organism to excel in its environment
– YOU can only modify characteristics over which your genes have control; e.g., tanning
Cat skull Horse skull
Venus Flytrap
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Inefficient Evolution
• can only operate by changing what is already present;
• it’s the business of remodeling rather than new construction from scratch
• e.g., to make a new structure, natural selection starts by modifying an already existing one– e.g., how could ‘night vision’ evolve?
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Charles Darwin
• 1831– set sail on the Beagle– schooled in
uniformitarianism• Lyell’s Principles
of Geology– a keen observer of
natural phenomena• 1859-On the Origin of
Species by Natural Selection
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Some of Darwin’s Observations
• Rhea– large flightless birds
– found only in South America
– also found extinct, fossil forms
• Some similarities but also obvious differences from ostrich (Africa) and emu (Australia)
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• sloths and extinct armadillos– unique to the Americas
More of Darwin’s Observations
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• Oceanic islands– many barren; Hawaii
has no native snakes, frogs, FW fish, etc.
– species must have originated elsewhere
• Galápagos Islands– tortoises with shells
unique on each island– shared a common
ancestry– followed later by
differentiation
More of Darwin’s Observations
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Galapagos Islands
Range from 3 to 5 my old
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Galapagos Tortoises
• 14 subspecies, 11 extant, several with very small populations– e.g., Lonesome George
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Lonesome George
Isla Pinta
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• Finches of the Galápagos– different beak types
• slender-insectivorous
• sturdy-seed crushing
• woodpecker-like-tool user
– differentiation based on lifestyle– curiously resemble a South American
mainland finch
Darwin’s Famous Finches
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Adaptive Radiation of Darwin’s Finches
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Feeding Adaptations of Ground Finches
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Charles Darwin
• Additional observations– Anatomical relationships
• embryos of many vertebrates are quite similar, even superficially indistinguishable
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Charles Darwin
• Additional observations– Anatomical relationships
• embryos of many vertebrates quite similar
• homology– presence in two different groups of animals or plants of
organs that have the same ancestral origin but serve different functions
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Charles Darwin
• Additional observations– Anatomical relationships
• embryos of many vertebrates quite similar
• homology– presence in two different groups of animals or plants of
organs that have the same ancestral origin but serve different functions
• vestigial organs– organs that serve no apparent purpose but resemble organs
that perform functions in other creatures
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Pelvic structures in whales and snakes
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Vestigial Structures
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Theory of Evolution
• Natural Selection- ‘survival of the fittest’– the process that operates in nature but parallels
the artificial selection by which breeders develop new varieties of plants and animals
• success of an individual determined by advantages it has over others
– survives to bear offspring with same trait
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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
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The Basis for Natural Selection
• There is much variation between members of a species.
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The Basis for Natural Selection
1. There is much variation between members of a species
2. Reproduction is way in excess of the number that the habitat can survive
e.g., Robins
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E.g., Robins
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The Basis for Natural Selection
1. There is much variation between members of a species
2. Reproduction is way in excess of the number that the habitat can survive
e.g., Robins
3. Differential reproductive success-those best adapted survive to reproduce the most
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Will the all survive?
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Theory of Evolution
• Darwin didn’t have all the tools we have today to explain his idea.
• Genetics was in its infancy—Mendel’s ideas, though contemporary with Darin, weren’t appreciated for decades.
• Genes-hereditary factors• Particulate inheritance
– Gregor Mendel’s idea that organisms retain identities through generations
– Peas• No blending• Colors could be masked for generations
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Theory of Evolution
• Mutations– alteration of genes– provides for variability– very few are helpful
• DNA– Deoxyribonucleic Acid– transmits chemically
coded information– mostly found in
chromosomes
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Theory of Evolution• sexual recombination
– each parent contributes one half of its chromosomes to offspring via a gamete• special reproductive cell containing one of each type of chromosome
– female ovum/egg; male sperm
– yields new combinations-e.g., my kids aren’t exact copies of me; genes of their mother and me are both present.
• mutations increase variability—and we all have them!
• gene pool– sum total of genetic components of a population or group of interbreeding
individuals– you have only a small subset of the human gene pool
• reproductive barriers limit the pool and keep species separate
• speciation– origin of a new species from two or more individuals of a preexisting species
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Reproductive Isolation
Spring breeder Fall breeder
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Origination
• Evolutionary radiations– pattern of expansion from some ancestral adaptive
condition represented by descendant taxa
• adaptive breakthrough– appearance of key features that allow radiation to occur
• fossil record documents patterns– E.g., Jurassic corals
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Jurassic Corals
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Origination• Rates of speciation
– Galápagos Islands-formed millions of years ago– Lake Victoria
• 13,000 years old• 497 unique species of cichlid fish, many with specialized
adaptations
• Molecular clock– assume average rate of mutation– determine pace of change– extrapolate timing of change
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Convergence
• Evolution of similar forms in two or more different biological groups
• Marsupials and placental mammals– similar form
– isolated, adaptive convergent evolution after initial divergence
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Extinction• caused by extreme impacts of limiting factors– predation– disease– competition
• pseudoextinction– species evolutionary line
of descent continues but members are given a new name
• high rates of extinction make useful index fossil– ammonoids
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Extinction
• rates– average rate has
declined through time
• mass extinctions– many extinctions
within a brief interval of time
– largest events peak at extinction of >40% genera
– rapid increase (radiation) follows
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Modern Mass Extinctions
• fossil patterns reflected in modern– tropical species
– large animals
• loss of habitat• direct exploitation• likely replacement by
opportunistic species
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Evolutionary Trends
• Cope’s rule– body size increases
during evolution of a group of animals
– structural limitations on size
• specialized adaptations limit evolution– elephants– manatees
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Evolutionary Trends
Whales• terrestrial origin
– 50 Ma– small (2 m)
mammals with feet
• marine adaptation– 40 Ma– lost hind limbs– no pelvic bones– up to 20 m
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Phylogeny
• Phylogeny– complex, large-scale
trend within a branching tree of life
– gradual large-scale change from one species to another is rare
• e.g., Jurassic coiled oysters
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Phylogeny
• Axolotl– example of rapid speciation from
parent species• parent is amphibious• offspring is aquatic throughout
life after one simple genetic change
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Phylogeny
• rates • gradualistic model
– very slow rates
• punctuational model– rapid evolution with
little change between steps
– bowfin fish• little change in 60 m.y.
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Phylogeny
• Horses– increase in body size– evolved tall complex
molars and single-hoofed toe
– change driven by climate• expansion of grasslands
• Dollo’s law– evolutionary transition from
at least several genetic changes is highly unlikely to be reversed by subsequent evolution
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