Evolution

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Evolution is the unifying theory of biology. This course will examine Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection looking at the development of this theory and its modern applications. Topics will include the fundamental mechanisms f or evolution, including those that are both adaptive and neutral with respect to the process of adaptation; human evolution; the 2025-2026 Campus Academic Catalog 215 origin and definition of a species; molecular evolution; the relationship between evolution and religion; and modern challenges, modifications, and support for this far -reaching theory.