biological evolution
Adaptive descent modification
Biological evolution is the process by which species change over successive generations through inherited variations.
Natural selection favors traits that enhance survival and reproduction, while random mutations introduce genetic diversity.
Over vast timescales, these mechanisms produce new species and account for the diversity of life on Earth.
The fossil record provides evidence of biological evolution.
- vestigial structuresInherited features without function
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- random mutationUnplanned genetic change
- comparative anatomyStudy of structural similarities between organisms
- artificial selectionHuman-controlled trait propagation
fossil record · common ancestry · common ancestor · tree of life · natural selection · survival of the fittest · speciation · gradualism · Darwin's finches · gene flow · embryology · genetic drift · biogeography · recombination · Mendel · Lamarck · origin of species · extinction
biological evolutioncreationism
Divine origin doctrine
intelligent design · divine creation · special creation · creation science · spontaneous generation
biological evolutiondevolution
Transferring power locally
entropy · regression · simplification · atrophy · degradation
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