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Evolution

ICSE · Class 10 · Biology

Complete topic list for Evolution in ICSE Class 10 Biology. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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1. Basic idea of evolution

  • Organic evolution means slow and gradual change in living organisms over many generations.
  • Living organisms on earth have developed as a result of descent with modifications from a common ancestor.
  • More complex forms evolved from earlier simpler forms.
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2. Lamarckism

  • Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was the first French biologist to attempt explaining evolution.
  • He published his views in Philosophie Zoologique in 1809.
  • His theory is called the Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characters or the Theory of Use and Disuse.
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3. Example of Lamarckism: Long neck of giraffe

  • According to Lamarck, ancestors of present-day giraffes were goat-sized.
  • When grass disappeared from the ground, they stretched their neck and forelimbs to reach leaves on trees.
  • The constant stretching continued for many generations.
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4. Vestigial organs

  • Vestigial organs are non-functional in present-day organisms but were functional in ancestors.
  • Important vestigial organs in humans are vermiform appendix, wisdom tooth, muscles of ear pinna, and coccyx.
  • The vermiform appendix is a blind tube-like structure connected to the caecum.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Evolution as the gradual change of living organisms from simpler ancestors to more complex forms

Organic evolutionPattern of evolutionLamarckismDarwinismCriticism of LamarckismIndustrial melanismEvolution of manHuman fossil phases

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