Module 3 | Biological diversity
Content 4: Evolution – the evidence
Lesson 1 | Evidence for evolution
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investigate, using secondary sources, evidence in support of Darwin and Wallace’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, including but not limited to:
– biochemical evidence, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology and biogeography (ACSBL089)
Lesson 2 | Dating fossils
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investigate, using secondary sources, evidence in support of Darwin and Wallace’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, including but not limited to:
– techniques used to date fossils and the evidence produced
Lesson 3 | Modern-day examples that demonstrate evolutionary change
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explain modern-day examples that demonstrate evolutionary change, for example:
– the cane toad
– antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria
