Darwin, Adaptations, and Natural Selection (HSC SSCE Biology): Flashcards
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Year HMS Beagle voyage began
Year HMS Beagle voyage began
1831
Who first formally stated natural selection idea (1794)?
Who first formally stated natural selection idea (1794)?
James Hutton
Number of finch species John Gould classified
Number of finch species John Gould classified
14 different species
Island where Grants studied finches for 40 summers
Island where Grants studied finches for 40 summers
Daphne Major
Mean beak depth in 1976 (pre-drought)
Mean beak depth in 1976 (pre-drought)
mm
Mean beak depth in 1978 (post-drought)
Mean beak depth in 1978 (post-drought)
mm
Birds surviving 1977 drought (from 751 original)
Birds surviving 1977 drought (from 751 original)
90 birds
Date Darwin arrived in Sydney Harbour
Date Darwin arrived in Sydney Harbour
12 January 1836
Year Darwin published Origin of Species
Year Darwin published Origin of Species
1859
1st tenet: What exists within populations?
1st tenet: What exists within populations?
Variation