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    Over hundreds of thousands of generations‚ ontogenesis‚ structure and process of human nature and personality have been constructed by natural and sexual selection. This revolutionary concept about organic evolution‚ better known as the ‘theory of evolution’ was first introduced in 1859 by English naturalist Charles Darwin. (Maltby‚ Day & Macaskill‚ 2013) He believed that all living beings evolved from simple organisms and have changed throughout periods of time to create many various types of species

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    Darwin’s Theory on Natural Selection Though his writing can be difficult to understand and at times boring‚ the structure is organized. His smooth and fluent style‚ helps the reader gracefully follow along. Though his findings inspired many scientists to scientifically analyze his claims‚ Darwin’s studies were not with in the realm of science. Rather‚ his findings are logical which he found by studying various species among the natural world over a long period of time. The use of constant examples

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    the change in the heritable characteristic or traits in living organisms which are passed from one generation to another and gives rise to diversity at every stage of the organism’s biological organisation. The process of evolution was not well understood until 19th century when Charles Darwin proposed the scientific theory of natural selection as a driving tool in evolution. The process involved both the macroevolution in which organisms went through major evolutionary changes over a long period of

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    The Human Subjects Research (HRS) covers the historical development of human subjects protections‚ current information on human subjects‚ and current regulatory and ethical issues. The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) at Miami provides high quality‚ peer reviewed‚ web based‚ research education materials. Their mission is to enhance the integrity and professionalism of investigators and staff conducting research. They have two tracks‚ one with a biomedical focus‚ and the other

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    taught that all humans are same‚ and carry the same flesh and blood. So‚ why do two people have millions of differences? Why everyone is so same in structure but so different on habits? Why do people born on the same day and same condition can grow up suffering from different diseases? The answer is with our ancestors and the origination of our life. We all have the same origin but we all carry different genes. One of the early learners of the history of origin of all the organisms is a well-known

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    extinct for a variety of reasons such as climate change‚ natural catastrophe‚ or depravation of resources. The species that is better adapted for these changes will survive and those who are not will at some point no longer exist. This process is referred to as natural selection. Due to natural selection‚ we have evolution as a result. Evolution is the process by which previous organisms affect the development of future organisms. Natural selection is often referred to as survival of the fittest because

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    known as natural selection. The survivors are the ones who adapt best to their environment and are then able to reproduce. This means that there genes carry on through the generations and we gradually see the preferred characteristics for survival become more common. Over time the human race will become more and more adapted for survival on earth and this process is called evolution. Psychologists look at the behavioural aspects of people in order to work out whether the behaviour of humans has been

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    2014 Natural Selection by Charles Darwin Understanding Natural Selection stresses the theory that a genus’s environment determines the likelihood of survival. Charles Darwin explains the importance of natural selection and sexual selection. Natural selection affects a given organism in its specific environment and how they adapt. Sexual selection focuses on a male and female relationship. Throughout the passage‚ Darwin gives various examples that define the meaning of each topic. Natural selection

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    Humans in technology environment are not very free from natural selection. According to Charles Darwin‚ natural selection acts only for the good of each organism‚ so since our very first human ancestors had no natural defenses‚ they would die from what is considered today an insignificant disease. It was throughout millions of years‚ that the human body started to build an immunization to certain diseases and only the stronger humans were the ones to survive and carry on that trait. Likewise‚ having

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    natural selection‚ evolution‚ mutation‚ variation‚ heritability‚ and fitness. EVOLUTION IN ACTION Darwin envisioned natural selection acting so slowly that its effects would be imperceptible in a human lifetime. But in the late 1900s‚ evolutionary biologists began to detect small but significant changes taking place in a handful of species. In the past decade‚ many more cases of natural selection have come to light‚ and scientists now realize that species can adapt quickly to changes in their

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