Summarize briefly the findings of Malthus' work and how it relates to the theory of natural selection. What is the PCR methods and why it is important to paleoanthropologists and forensic scientists. Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis 8. Explain your answer in terms of meiosis. A given population has 1000 people.
Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes.
In this population 840 have blue eyes and 160 have brown eyes. Discuss the importance of chance in evolutionary history and contrast it with earlier views on predestined paths in evolution. Compare and contrast Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium. Discuss the opportunistic nature of evolution in terms of how the extinction of dinosaurs opened evolutionary opportunities for the mammals. With this concept in mind, discuss how the extinction of the dinosaurs influenced patterns of human evolution.