Post by iamphilosophy on May 18, 2015 3:44:31 GMT
Tiana Wilson
Phil 5
Professor Lane
May 17, 2015
Topic #4
Why is the theory of evolution so important in understanding how human beings behave?
“According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, organisms that
possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with
other members of their species will be more likely to survived, reproduce, and pass more of their
genes on to the next generation.” Darwin believed that the origin of the human species is the
ape. The theory of evolution explains how environmental conditions changes, so the species will
be able to continue to survive and adapt to new environments. In the video, “The Genetic
Connection,” pointed out that “Evolution is a conserve so many genes, exploring the genomes of
other species can shed lights on genes involved in human biology and disease…the genes we
shared be used differently.”
For example, if we examine the bones or fossils of dinosaurs to take a look a thousands of
years of evolutionary changes; which showed that a mutation took place in DNA. This is why
human beings look and behave different, and teaches human beings to not understand the world,
but to understand and find themselves. Evolution is a contintion for the religious people believe
in creationism believing that God created everything and that it.
Sources: Video “The Genetic Connection”
Which question do you think evolutionary theory cannot answer?
The theory of evolution for the most part cannot answer a number of questions. If you want
to get the full understanding of evolution open your mind and your eyes that there are answers to
all the questioned, they may lead to more question but there is always an answer. Go back to
when you were a child, did you ever ask your parents where you came from? Or who you were?
Most of the time the parents gave the kid version to those questions, but if you want the answer
now it would take research. Evolution doesn’t answer the biggest question out there, where do
we come from? And how did we get here? There is a long way to go for people to understand
evolution. The question “why” doesn’t answer the process of evolution.
Sources: Video “Darwin DNA”
