What are examples of evidence for evolution?- Webquest

1. Complete the table below as follows:
   

   Column 2: Discuss the type of evidence listed in Column 1, indicating what it is and how it supports the theory of evolution.
   

   Column 3: Describe two specific examples of the type of evidence listed in Column 1.
   

   Column 4: Draw a picture of one of your examples in Column 3.
   

5.     The recommended sites are just examples. Feel free to search for your own.

 

Evidences of Evolution
Type of Evidence	Explanation	Example	Picture
Fossil Record
Anatomical Similarity
Biochemistry
Embryology
Geographic Distribution

 

 

 

Biogeography/ Geographic Distribution

Backgrounder: Galapagos Finches

Backgrounder: Peppered Moths

Life Has a History

Biogeography: Wallace and Wegener

Biogeography: Polar Bears and Penguins

Evolution 101: Biogeography: Wallace and Wegener

Evolution 101: Distribution in Space and Time

Where did all of Madagascar's species come from?

 
 

Fossil Evidence

Evolution and the Fossil Record

Stories from the Fossil Record

NOVA: Evolution - Bones of Contention

Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ

Shaking the Family Tree

Evolution Makes Sense of Homologies

The Nature of Fossils

Getting into the Fossil Record

Gallery: Whale Evolution--from land to sea

One Small Step for Fish ...

Geologic Time Machine

The Evolution of Flight in Birds

Understanding Geologic Time

Welcome to Dry Creek

The Arthropod Story

Human Evolution: Fossil Evidence in 3D

Fossil Horses in Cyberspace

Transitional Fossils

Evidence for Evolution Lesson

Evolution 101: Fossil Evidence

 
 

Anatomical Structures- Homologous and Vestigial Structures

Stories from the Fossil Record

Evolution Makes Sense of Homologies

Fossils Can Show How Certain Features Evolved

It's a Bird, It's a Dinosaur?

Useless Body Parts

Ancestral Whales May Have Given Birth on Land

Homology: Leave it to the Plants

Why the Eye?

A Fin is a Limb is a Wing

Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)

Vestigial Organs Not So Useless After All, Studies Find

Homologous structures

Vestigial structures

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.div.lp_evid/

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IIAanatomy.shtml

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IIBcomparative.shtml

The Arthropod Story

 
 

Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo Devo)/Embryology

Read about development similarities for vertebrates

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evodevo_01

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=63

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/05/no_genes_were_lost_in_the_maki.php

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beta/evolution/what-evo-devo.html

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/06/25/science/1194817104756/the-science-of-evolution.html

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution/howdidwegethere.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/04/2/l_042_03.html

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution/embryology.php

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IICdevelopmental.shtml

  
 

Biochemical and Genetic Evidence

DNA Agrees With all the Other Science: Darwin Was Right

Evolution Makes Sense of Homologies

Axing the Family Tree

Chemical Clues to Darwin's Abominable Mystery

Salvaged DNA Leads to Neanderthals' Mystique

The New Shrew That's Not

Genetic Similarities: Wilson, Sarich, Sibley, and Ahlquist

Selection Spurred Recent Evolution, Researchers Say

UMd-Led Team Discovers Gene Mutation for Milk Tolerance in Africans

Early man 'couldn't stomach milk'

Seeing Red and Blue Can Divide a Species of Fish

Comparing DNA between species

http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.evo.molecclocks/

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.evo.lp_molecevid/

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.gen.lp_cytoc/

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IIDmolecular.shtml

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IVDhierarchies.shtml