Comparative Anatomy

2022-2023
Focus Question:
How does comparative anatomy provide evidence
for common ancestry?
 Fossil Record
• Shows WHEN an animal was on earth
• Show how an animal has evolved over time.
• Humans are still evolving
• Height has changed
since ancient times
• Male
• Ancient- 5ft 6 in
• Modern- 5ft 9in
• Female
• Ancient- 5ft 2in
• Modern- 5ft 4in
 Common Ancestry
• We can look at how animals have evolved
from one to another.
• Remember how life on Earth started?
• We use HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURE
• Comparison of body parts with similar
structure
 A Chicken is a Dinosaur?????
• If we look at the structure of multiple parts of a
chicken, we see that it is very similar to dinosaurs!
• Today, you will complete a simulation that walks you
through the ancestry of a chicken!