. The case for evolution is built on two additional pil-lar . First is the fossil record, which documents both the major and minor transitions in the history of life (see chapters II.9–II.18); each year, …

Today, we recognize that evolution takes place through a combination of mechanisms: mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection. These mechanisms are called the “forces of …

The suite of inquiry-based investigations in big idea 1 provides opportunities for students to ask questions, and explore answers, about evolution and the role of heritable information in the …

While evolution by natural selection is incredibly complex in practice, Darwin’s ex-tremely simple model turns out to give us a tremendous amount of insight into the diverse processes by which …

Evolution involves change over time. I have here five skulls of five different fossil individuals out of about 6,000 fossil individuals that are known that helped document the course of human …

killed dinosaurs and many others evidence for cause: iridium anomaly and glass spherules in K/P boundary sediments, globally Chixulub crater off Yucatan and tsunami deposits in Caribbean …

Evolution – The scientific explanation for the diversity and origins of life. The process of evolution includes natural selection (like Nat uses in this story).