Charles Darwin composed his theory of natural selection during his travels in South America and the Galapagos Islands.

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Charles Darwin composed his theory of natural selection during his travels in South America and the Galapagos Islands. The differences he observed formed the basis for the theory of natural selection. For this assignment, you will be asked to write a three- paper (excluding title and reference pages) on natural selection. Your paper should include supporting evidence from the textbook, labs, and at least one resource from.

In your paper, complete the following:

• Define natural selection.
• Summarize the influences on Charles Darwin that resulted in his development of the theory of natural selection.
• Describe the conditions, or prerequisites, necessary for natural selection to occur.
• Describe the effect of natural selection on one or more of the ancient hominids described in the textbook and lab lectures.

This assignment:

1. Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a separate title page with the following:

• Title of paper
• Student name
• Course name and number
• Instructor name
• Date submitted

3. Must use at least one scholarly source from the provided list of Ashford University Library resources in addition to the course text.
4. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
5. Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Weekly Study Field Notes

Field notes are a very important part of anthropological research. Anthropologists use their field notes to make records about what they are seeing and thinking while conducting research. For your collaboration you are being asked to make your own field notes, based on the assigned course materials. Each week, as you read the assigned material or watch an assigned video, you will create a new set of field notes in which you are expected to write down such things as important concepts, things that you might have questions about, or even things that you find surprising or interesting. Just like the notes that an anthropologist makes in the field, your notes must be clear and easy to read because you will be sharing them with your peers in the collaboration

Complete the following sections in the spaces below:

Elizabeth Bray

First and Last Name:

10/3/2017

Date:

Week 1: Natural Selection

Lab, the concepts of evolution and natural selection

Title of Assigned Readings (including chapter numbers) or Videos:

Reflections:

I have greatly reflected on the way we understand the outdated things, and the age of the earth. It has been a great pleasure to learn all these things on how old our old grandfathers and ancestors age.

Emerging questions/analyses:

What is natural selection, the process and how it occurs?

Why it would of great help to have numerous dating approaches?

Important concepts:

Natural selection; which is the differential survival and reproduction of people because of the variations in the phenotype.

The perspective of anthropology – which is the study of several aspects of humans in past and present societies (JAIN, 2011). Ethnographers are anthropologists who live with a set of people and carry out research about them, and often liken them to other principles and this is known as ethnology.

Charles Darwin propagated the term “natural selection”, and likened it with artificial selection. Variation occurs within all inhabitants of animals (Driver, 2010). This happens partly since random alterations arise in the genome of a distinct organism, and progenies can get such mutations. Through the lives of the persons, their genomes interrelate with their settings to cause differences in traits.

Charles Darwin enhanced the theory of evolution via natural selection. Species that have features that rise their chance of endurance will pass those features on to their progeny (being stronger, quicker, and more dexterous) (Wilson, 2013). A slow and stable accretion of features that make a species more improved leads to completely new species.

References

Driver, F. (2010). Charles Darwin and the geographers: Unnatural selection. Environment and Planning A, 42(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1068/a42416

JAIN, R. K. (2011). Anthropology and Diaspora Studies: An Indian Perspective. Asian Anthropology, 10(1), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/1683478X.2011.10552603

Wilson, J. G. (2013). Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin: Perspectives on natural selection. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 137(2), 90–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2013.10887185

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ANT 202 Week 3 Required Resources

Week Three Required Resources for Natural Selection

Choose a minimum of ONE of the following resources in support of your assignment:

e-Book

Pigliucci, M., & Kaplan, J. (2010). Making sense of evolution: The conceptual foundations of evolutionary biology. Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com.

· Chapter 1: Natural Selection and Fitness

· The full-text version of this e-book is available through the ebrary database in the Ashford University Library. It supports the Week Three assignment on Natural Selection.

Article

Kilpatrick, S. T. (2014). Natural selection. In Salem Press Encyclopedia Of Health. Retrieved from http://www.salempress.com/

· The full-text version of this article can be retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. This resource supports the Week Three assignment on Natural Selection.

Multimedia

Angel, C., & Boyd, K. (Director & Producers). (2005). Genetics and evolution [Video file]. Retrieved from https://secure-films-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=33836&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=420&h=315&fWidth=440&fHeight=365

· This video can be accessed through the Films On Demand database in the Ashford University Library. This video supports the Week Three Natural Selection Assignment. This source has accurate closed captioning and a transcript.

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Eagle, R. (Director), & Alen-Buckley, C. (Series Producer). (2002). Darwin’s evolution [Video file]. (2002). Retrieved from https://secure-films-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=43674&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=420&h=315&fWidth=440&fHeight=365

· This video can be accessed through the Films On Demand database in the Ashford University Library. This video supports the Week Three Natural Selection Assignment. This source has accurate closed captioning and a transcript.

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Mirzoeff, S. (Producer). (2009). Charles Darwin and the tree of life  [Video file].Retrieved from https://secure-films-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=40443&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=560&h=315&fWidth=580&fHeight=365

· This video can be accessed through the Films On Demand database in the Ashford University Library. This video supports the Week Three Natural Selection Assignment. This source has accurate closed captioning and a transcript.

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Pearce, M. (Writer & Director), & Burns, P. (Senior Producer). (2008). Natural selection: Its place in today’s world [Video file]. Retrieved from https://secure-films-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=40306&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=420&h=315&fWidth=440&fHeight=365

· This video can be accessed through the Films On Demand database in the Ashford University Library. This video supports the Week Three Natural Selection Assignment. This source has accurate closed captioning and a transcript.

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Rubin, J., DeNooyer, R., Davies, S., Holt, S. (Directors), & Barrett, M., Rubin, J., & Holt, S. (Producers). (2015). What Darwin never knew [Video file]. Retrieved from https://secure-films-com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=56005&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=560&h=315&fWidth=580&fHeight=365

· This video can be accessed through the Films On Demand database in the Ashford University Library. This video supports the Week Three Natural Selection Assignment. This source has accurate closed captioning and a transcript.

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