How does the modern synthesis fill the gap

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1. How is Aristotle's scale of nature idea linked to early evolutionary thought?

2. In what ways does it differ from modern scientific evolutionary theory?

3. What was missing in Darwin's explanation of evolution by natural selection?

4. How does the Modern Synthesis fill the gap?

5. Organisms living in which type of environment are more likely to fossilize?

a. What structural feature of an organism would make it more likely to fossilize?

6. Explain how Rodhocetus is a transitional fossil.

7. What is continental drift, and how does it relate to biogeography?

8. Consider the wing structure of a bird compared to that of a butterfly. Are their wings homologous or homoplasius?

9. Consider the legs of a gecko and those of a human. Are our legs homologous or homoplasius?

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