Valesia Johnson
SCI/230
March 30, 2014
Linda Armstrong
Individual Evolution Assignment
Resource: “The Origin of Species” section in Ch. 14 of Campbell Essential Biology With Physiology
You must number your answers.
Think about early prehistoric times for humans - a primitive society not an industrialized society.
1. How might natural selection have influenced human choices and behaviors in a prehistoric society? Answer in paragraph form. Natural selection may have been influential when it came to human choices and behaviors in a prehistoric society in that the natural selection process shaping the choices and behaviors of a human. Natural selection gives reward to the individuals that are more adaptive to their own environments in their achievements in the survival and reproductive realm. In fact, all humans belong to the same species. Humans have the possibility to interbreed with each other in nature to produce fertile offspring. This operates at certain gene levels, particular DNA sections that are encoded for proteins to serve as the software for a human 's choices and behaviors in life.
2. What human characteristics might have changed because of this? Answer in paragraph form. The human characteristics might have changed due to evolution being the shifting factor …show more content…
It is suspected that a new species (humans) was created because there was no longer a need for swinging from trees. Upright walking on the ground had requirements for alterations in the foot for the better speed and balance. These uncommon traits soon became traits that evolved to permit movement on the ground. Though humans and monkeys are genetically common, their natural habitat required different physical traits to evolve for them to stay