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Evolution

ICSE · Class 10 · Biology

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Basic Concepts of Evolution

  • Evolution is the slow and gradual change in organisms over hundreds or thousands of years
  • All living organisms have developed from common ancestors through descent with modifications
  • Evolution follows a pattern: unicellular organisms appeared first, followed by multicellular organisms
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Lamarck's Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characters

  • Proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1809 in his book 'Philosophie Zoologique'
  • Also known as Theory of Use and Disuse
  • Four main postulates: tendency to grow, formation of new organs, effect of use/disuse, inheritance of acquired characters
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Vestigial Organs

  • Organs that are non-functional in present organisms but were functional in ancestors
  • Support Lamarck's theory of use and disuse
  • Human examples: vermiform appendix, coccyx (tail bone), wisdom teeth, ear muscles
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Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection

  • Proposed by Charles Darwin in 'The Origin of Species' (1859)
  • Seven main postulates: overproduction, constant populations, struggle for existence, variations, survival of fittest, natural selection, origin of species
  • Organisms produce more offspring than can survive due to limited resources

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