Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint Lectures for Biology, Seventh Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero Chapter 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Overview: Darwin Introduces a Revolutionary Theory A new era of biology began on November 24, 1859, the day Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection The Origin of Species focused biologists’ attention on the great diversity of organisms Video: Galápagos Marine Iguana Video: Galápagos Marine Iguana

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Darwin made two major points in his book: – Many current species are descendants of ancestral species – Natural selection is a mechanism for this evolutionary process

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Concept 22.1: The Darwinian revolution challenged traditional views of a young Earth inhabited by unchanging species To understand why Darwin’s ideas were revolutionary, we must examine them in relation to other Western ideas about Earth and its life

LE 22-2 Linnaeus (classification) Hutton (gradual geologic change) Lamarck (species can change) Malthus (population limits) Cuvier (fossils, extinction) Lyell (modern geology) Darwin (evolution, natural selection) Mendel (inheritance) Wallace (evolution, natural selection) French Revolution U.S. Civil War American Revolution 1795Hutton proposes his theory of gradualism. 1798Malthus publishes “Essay on the Principle of Population.” 1809Lamarck publishes his theory of evolution. 1830Lyell publishes Principles of Geology. 1831–1936Darwin travels around the world on HMS Beagle. 1837Darwin begins his notebooks on the origin of species. 1844Darwin writes his essay on the origin of species. 1858Wallace sends his theory to Darwin. 1859The Origin of Species is published Mendel publishes inheritance papers.

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Resistance to the Idea of Evolution The Origin of Species – Shook the deepest roots of Western culture – Challenged a worldview that had been prevalent for centuries

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Scale of Nature and Classification of Species The Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed species as fixed and unchanging The Old Testament holds that species were individually designed by God and therefore perfect Carolus Linnaeus interpreted organismal adaptations as evidence that the Creator had designed each species for a specific purpose Linnaeus was a founder of taxonomy, the branch of biology concerned with classifying organisms

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Fossils, Cuvier, and Catastrophism The study of fossils helped to lay the groundwork for Darwin’s ideas Fossils are remains or traces of organisms from the past, usually found in sedimentary rock, which appears in layers or strata Video: Grand Canyon Video: Grand Canyon

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Paleontology, the study of fossils, was largely developed by French scientist Georges Cuvier Cuvier advocated catastrophism, speculating that each boundary between strata represents a catastrophe

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Theories of Gradualism Gradualism is the idea that profound change can take place through the cumulative effect of slow but continuous processes

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Geologists Hutton and Lyell perceived that changes in Earth’s surface can result from slow continuous actions still operating today This view strongly influenced Darwin’s thinking

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Lamarck’s Theory of Evolution Lamarck hypothesized that species evolve through use and disuse and the inheritance of acquired traits The mechanisms he proposed are unsupported by evidence

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Concept 22.2: In The Origin of Species, Darwin proposed that species change through natural selection As the 19th century dawned, it was generally believed that species had remained unchanged since their creation However, a few doubts about the permanence of species were beginning to arise

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Darwin’s Research As a boy and into adulthood, Charles Darwin had a consuming interest in nature After receiving his B.A. degree, he was accepted on board the HMS Beagle, which was embarking on a voyage around the world

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Voyage of the Beagle During his travels on the Beagle, Darwin collected specimens of South American plants and animals He observed adaptations of plants and animals that inhabited many diverse environments His interest in geographic distribution of species was kindled by a stop at the Galápagos Islands near the equator west of South America

LE 22-5 NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN England Cape of Good Hope Cape Horn Tierra del Fuego Galápagos Islands Darwin in 1840, after his return HMS Beagle in port Equator Tasmania New Zealand Andes

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Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Darwin’s Focus on Adaptation In reassessing his observations, Darwin perceived adaptation to the environment and the origin of new species as closely related processes From studies made years after Darwin’s voyage, biologists have concluded that this is indeed what happened to the Galápagos finches

LE 22-6 Cactus eater. The long, sharp beak of the cactus ground finch (Geospiza scandens) helps it tear and eat cactus flowers and pulp. Seed eater. The large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) has a large beak adapted for cracking seeds that fall from plants to the ground. Insect eater. The green warbler finch (Certhidea olivacea) used its narrow, pointed beak to grasp insects.

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings In 1844, Darwin wrote an essay on the origin of species and natural selection but did not introduce his theory publicly, anticipating an uproar In June 1858, Darwin received a manuscript from Alfred Russell Wallace, who had developed a theory of natural selection similar to Darwin’s Darwin quickly finished The Origin of Species and published it the next year

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Origin of Species Darwin developed two main ideas: – Evolution explains life’s unity and diversity – Natural selection is a cause of adaptive evolution

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Descent with Modification The phrase descent with modification summarized Darwin’s perception of the unity of life The phrase refers to the view that all organisms are related through descent from an ancestor that lived in the remote past In the Darwinian view, the history of life is like a tree with branches representing life’s diversity

LE 22-7 Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) Sirenia (Manatees and relatives) Years ago 0 10, Millions of years ago Moeritherium Barytherium Deinotherium Mammut Platybelodon Stegodon Mammuthus Elephas maximus (Asia) Loxodonta africana (Africa) Loxodonta cyclotis (Africa)

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Natural Selection and Adaptation Evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr has dissected the logic of Darwin’s theory into three inferences based on five observations

Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Observation #1: For any species, population sizes would increase exponentially if all individuals that are born reproduced successfully

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Observation #2: Populations tend to be stable in size, except for seasonal fluctuations Observation #3: Resources are limited Inference #1: Production of more individuals than the environment can support leads to a struggle for existence among individuals of a population, with only a fraction of their offspring surviving