Evidence for EvolutionFive independent lines of evidence, all pointing the same way.9th GradeEvolution is supported by several separatekinds of evidence, gathered by differentfields, which agree with each other.Fossils show change over time and transitional forms.Homologous structures: the same bone layout in a bat wing, awhale fin and your arm.Vestigial structures: features with no current function.Embryology: related species develop through similar earlystages.DNA: the more closely related two species are, the more of theirgenome matches.LOOK FOR ITThe genetic evidence was gathered a century after the fossil evidence,and independently confirmed it.Homologous means same origin, different use. Analogous means sameuse, different origin — a bird wing and an insect wing.Evidence for Evolutionwww.littleactivity.com

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Science · 9th Grade

Evidence for Evolution

Five independent lines of evidence, all pointing the same way.

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The strength is that these are independent. Each could have contradicted the others; none does.

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Grade
9th Grade
Ages
14–15
Subject
Science
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1

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