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Natural selection

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à British scientist Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) began

his historical trip around the world in 1831, which ended in

1836 (after five years). He noticed the differences between

the living organisms he found on some islands, especially

those on Galapagos Island.

à Darwin noticed that birds have different shapes of beaks

due to the adaptation of every species with the kind of food

it eats and the evolution of beaks by natural selection

 
 

 

 

 


Fig. (1) Natural selection and beaks of birds, each kind has different shape

Kind of suitable food Beak shape Bird
Meat Hooked Vulture
Grass - vegetables Broad and flat Duck
Seeds Short and pointed forward Pigeons
Insects Long Cattle egret

               
       
 


Fig. (2) Cattle egret Fig. (3) Pigeon Fig. (4) Duck Fig. (5) Vulture

Explanation of natural selection

à Living organisms face extreme conditions which lead to their death. So, weak organisms which cannot face these conditions die. When weak organisms die, their characteristics cannot be inherited at all. On the other hand, strong organisms which could overcome the extreme conditions by their characteristics go on living and give these characteristics to their offspring. Over the time, strong characteristics accumulate forming new organisms.

à Sexual selection works on increasing the occurrence of natural selection, where the stronger and more suitable males and females mate. So, good characteristics are inherited to the offspring. Weak characteristics disappear because living organisms do not tend to mate with weak individuals

Artificial selection

à Darwin carried out an experiment on pigeons,

he concluded that we can increase or limit a certain

characteristic in living organisms. We can do so by

determining the mating couples

à Darwin observed that artificial selection gives the

same results of natural election, but it needs more time

Fig. (6) Frisian cow race

à Artificial selection caused the appearance of new animal races such as Frisian cow

A shepherd cross different races of animals in order to accumulate the good characteristics of different races together, which produces a new race causing the evolution of living organisms by artificial selection

à Artificial selection is directed, while natural selection is directed by nothing but nature factors

Natural selection: Selecting organisms which are most adapted to environmental conditions due to the accumulation of inherited traits, which help them survive and go on living


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