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Understand the process of speciation.- Describe the steps necessary for speciation to occur.
- Describe how polyploidy can result in the production of new species.
- Explain why reproductive isolation is important to the process of speciation.
- Describe how a study of chromosomes could determine if a species is a polyploid.
Understand the relationship between natural selection and evolution.- Describe the contributions of the following individuals to evolutionary thought: Lamarck, Buffon, Wallace, and Darwin.
- List five assumptions by Darwin that were important to his developing the theory of natural selection.
Appreciate that evolution is a well-supported theory at the center of all biological thinking.- Describe three kinds of evidence that support the concept of evolution.
- Describe two examples of new discoveries that have refined our understanding of evolution without refuting it.
- Explain three basic evolutionary patterns.
- Give examples that explain why the rate of evolution can be different for different species.
Appreciate that evidence indicates that humans have an evolutionary history.- Describe current scientific theories for the evolution of modern humans.
- State evidence that suggests humans originated in Africa.
- Explain three differences between Australopiths and members of the genus Homo.
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