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WHADYAKNOW?!

The Science of Evolution and Natural Selection

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Evolution has been and is controversial

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Scopes Monkey Trial - 1925

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How did life begin?

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Spontaneous Generation

the theory that living things can come from nonliving things - NOT TRUE

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1668

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Life on earth

  • How was life on earth created? What evidence do you have to support this?

Primordial soup hypothesis

Alexander Oparin in 1924

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Change in life

  • Have species changed over time?
  • If so, what causes this change?

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Records

  • In what ways can scientists make observation from the past (before written records)?

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Have you seen this before?�Is it true?

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