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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

There are four known forces that are involved in evolution:

1)mutation,

2) genetic drift

3) gene flow or migration

4) selection.

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Evolution means descent with modification, or change in the form, physiology, and behavior of organisms over many generations of time. 

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Proximate causes - The subject of cell biology, neurobiology, and many other biological disciplines

Ultimate causes - Their historical causes, especially the action of natural selection

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

 Before Darwin - Christians interpreted “special creation”

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Carolus Linnaeus - Classified “related” species into genera, “related” genera into orders, and so on. 

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James Hutton and Charles Lyell – Uniformitarianism Darwin was greatly influenced by Lyell’s teachings, and he adopted uniformitarianism in his thinking about evolution.