EVIDENCES

OF
EVOLUTION

JUN REX M. PEREZ

STUDENT

EVOLUTION: Evolution is defined as a change in

the inherited characteristics of
biological populations over
successive generations. It is a
gradual, continuous process in
which something changes into a
different and usually more complex
or better form. 
As we know, reproduction brings
about some changes in the
offspring. These differences are not
easily spotted because of the
similarities of offspring with their
parents. Still, some differences exist
due to the unequal distribution of
chromosomes during cell division in
sexual reproduction in animals.  is a continuous process that had
All this is due to an interesting
phenomenon called heredity. It is
the phenomenon of the transfer of
characters from parents to their
offspring.   Evidence from Fossils:
There is a variety of living organisms
on earth. Every organism
reproduces to bring more organisms
like itself on earth. It is believed that
all organisms have evolved from a
common ancestor.  us a record of past changes through
TWO TYPES OF EVOLUTION
DIVERGENT EVOLUTION
 Splitting in ancestral
population into two or more
sub-population that are
geographically isolated from
one another.
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION
 Is an increase in similarities
among species derived from
different ancestors as a result
of similar environment.
Evidence for evolution is strong
proof in support of evolution that it
occurred in the past from the time
of the origin of life and is still
continuing and will shape the
diversity of life in future. 
 
Fossils are remains of living
organisms that are preserved from
the remote past. The study of fossils
is known as paleontology. Fossil
mainly preserves only a part of the
dead organism like the skeleton,
bone, teeth etc. These remains give
vast periods of time and establish
missing links between evolved
species. Most fossils were
commonly found in sedimentary
rocks.

How do we know how old the fossils
are? There are two components to
this estimation which are as
follows:  with it. One of the readily used and
Relative dating: It determines the
approximate age by comparing it to
similar rocks and fossils of known
ages. 
Absolute dating: It is used to
determine an exact age of a fossil by
using radiometric dating.
Radiometric dating measures the
precise age of the fossil by
measuring the decay of isotopes,
either within the fossil or, more
often, the rocks that are associated
well-known dating techniques is
carbon-14 dating. 
EMBRYOLOGICAL EVIDENCE:
It has been discovered that embryos
of different organism appear similar
in early stages of embryonic
development.
Von Baer had noticed the
remarkable similarities among
vertebrate embryos that are quite
different from each other as adults,
generalized these observations into
a “law”.