{"id":2849,"date":"2016-06-13T18:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2849"},"modified":"2024-04-26T00:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:16:41","slug":"outcome-evidence-for-evolution","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/chapter\/outcome-evidence-for-evolution\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Evidence for Evolution","rendered":"Introduction to Evidence for Evolution"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: Describe how the theory of evolution by natural selection is supported by evidence<\/h2>\r\nThe evidence for evolution is compelling and extensive. Looking at every level of organization in living systems, biologists see the signature of past and present evolution. Darwin dedicated a large portion of his book,\u00a0<em>On the<\/em> <em>Origin of Species<\/em>, to identifying patterns in nature that were consistent with evolution, and since Darwin, our understanding has become clearer and broader.\r\n\r\nThe video below summarizes the major types of evidence supporting evolution; you will read more details in the pages that follow.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/cC8k2Sb1oQ8","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: Describe how the theory of evolution by natural selection is supported by evidence<\/h2>\n<p>The evidence for evolution is compelling and extensive. Looking at every level of organization in living systems, biologists see the signature of past and present evolution. Darwin dedicated a large portion of his book,\u00a0<em>On the<\/em> <em>Origin of Species<\/em>, to identifying patterns in nature that were consistent with evolution, and since Darwin, our understanding has become clearer and broader.<\/p>\n<p>The video below summarizes the major types of evidence supporting evolution; you will read more details in the pages that follow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Evidence of Evolution:\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cC8k2Sb1oQ8?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2849\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Evidence for Evolution. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Evidence of Evolution. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Bozeman Science. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cC8k2Sb1oQ8\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cC8k2Sb1oQ8<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Evidence for Evolution\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Evidence of Evolution\",\"author\":\"Bozeman Science\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cC8k2Sb1oQ8\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard YouTube License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"e13ddee4-2ec0-4d34-a6a1-349f9b467fd0","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2849","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":337,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5845,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2849\/revisions\/5845"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/337"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2849\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}