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If the turtles on the islands adapted different traits to suit their own seperate environments, what caused the three different kind of finches to develop different beaks? What forced three different birds in what I assume is a similar environment to all develop different traits?

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Q: how do some animals fail to adjust to the conditions of their land while others are able to evolve over time and survive?

C: Reading about Darwin made me think of all of the prodigies and high acclaimed priests, scientists, etc. that we’ve studied in humanities, science, and math; they came to be known and praised for their achievements, and so did Darwin, but they didn’t come from the same background as Darwin at all: not deemed as the most academically talented, average, daydreaming.

I: I think it’s really interesting that through Darwin’s observations that “different, yet ecologically similar, animal species inhabited separated, but ecologically similar habitats around the globe” (pg. 451) we see a sort of pattern/consistency in the way that animals and habitats function, yet at the same time there are irregularities, like two species of the same animal living in the same region, animals not living where we’d expect them to, etc.

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I really wonder what made Darwin so interested in Biology initially. Were his parents an influential part in making him interested in animals and science or did it have to do with something else?

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We studied Darwin briefly last year in Humanities as well as the relationship between the church & state. I wonder how both the church & state reacted to Darwin’s findings, if any reaction at all.

Also, considering Darwin was from the UK, did he discover anything interesting there? What was he up to before his voyage?

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I find it particularly interesting how Darwin suggests the turtles living in the Galápagos Islands had qualities that differentiated from one another based on their environment. One kind of turtle adapts to the vegetation that’s higher off the ground by having a longer neck while another has a much shorter one to eat the plants on the ground. Even their shells are unique despite the fact that they all live so close together. A person could tell which island a turtle was from just by the detailing on the shell. On the contrary, a Christian would say these unique characteristics were designed by God who created each turtle based on their habitat.

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On page 450, it says that Darwin’s perspectives on evolution have helped us “understand modern phenomena like drug resistant bacteria and newly emerging diseases...” I would like to comment on this by saying those theories may have come in handy just as well within 2020 as we are trying to anticipate what weakened or deadly strands of Coronavirus are going to circulate the most as a vaccine is being developed.

Also, I wonder how the church responded to some of Darwin’s theories about evolution. Similar to Galileo’s heliocentric theories, Darwin’s evolution is going to rub up a little against what the Church believes. For instance they could have easily said: if God is perfect, and everything He made was good, why would it have changed?

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We studied Darwin briefly last year as well as Hegel and Lamarck. I was wondering what the differences between their theories are and what makes Darwin's studies more relevant to biology (since he is the only one mentioned in the chapter.)

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Last year, I wrote my symposium essay on Darwin, Science, and Religion. I focused more on The Origin of Species and the relationship between evolution and Christianity, so it’s very interesting to now read about the beginning of Darwin’s documentation of evolutionary evidence. I find it so interesting that species can vary so much, even in smaller localities. I wonder how much impact climate and environment has on the speed and the amount of evolutionary change species go through? Are there certain areas around the globe where animals haven’t evolved much from their Ancient forms, and how much would that have to do with their environment?

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The example they use of the armadillo is fascinating, I wonder if there are other similar examples of giant creatures evolving into much more smaller versions that live on? If so, I wonder what specific factors (global climate fluctuations?) could cause the drastic decrease or increase in size.

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The textbook shows the equator quite often and Darwin was near to the equator for much of his trip, so how does the equator and temperature affect evolution?
- Charlie

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Why was Darwin invited to sail with the Beagle? Was he doing some type of specific work before he left other than just being interested in bugs and animals, that made him good candidate for the voyage?

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Under the category of species vary locally, there is a bold section that says: "Darwin noticed that different, yet similar, animal species often occupied different habitats within a local area." What kind of animal species are being referred to, if any?

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Somewhere in the chapter they mention drug-resistant bacterias, these are really dangerous and are a living example of evolution, however they are manageable, viruses are an effective weapon to fight bacteria, not all viruses are harmful to humans.

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What was so significant or intriguing about these tropical lands? Did the habitats affect how his theory worked?

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We studied Darwin a bit in Humanities last year to compare and contrast the viewpoint of “survival of the fittest” in human society. Will we be looking at social Darwinism in Biology?
- Sydney Larson