Infinite forms most beautiful: basics of evolution
English
Elementary
The Theory of evolution exploded in the scientific and human fields alike in the '800 and while it's a main fundamental topic in biology, but also in psychology and how we perceive the world, it is often misrepresented and misunderstood. We are going to explore the basic concepts of evolution, and the mechanisms that lead to the formation of "infinite forms most beautiful"!
Description
32
Questions
3 min
Per question
5:27
Average time
4.2
Contest Score
5
Participants
Educational explanations. 👍 Explanations cover why the correct answers are correct and why the wrong answers are wrong (when appropriate). E.g.: #q1, #q2, #q3
However,I found myself scratching my head with some statements. You stated that White wolves will REMAIN White until 'mutation' or interspecies mating occurs. I found this statement to be quite false as a white wolf can become grey or even darker due to its environment. Camouflage is a characteristics that is predominantly found in wolves.. Some wolves are said to even change their fur colours together with the seasons, so you could see a wolf change its fur colours as musch as four or five times in a year.
Anothe issue for me was your statement that there were no human races.This is a matter still in contention. The term 'race' has been used by many bioligists to signify a geographical population belonging to a single species. It is closely related to another term 'subspecies'
Overall, your quiz was Beautiful ..kudos
Regarding the human race thing, "race" is not a term with any recognized taxonomical value, you can check it at the ICZN (International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature): https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/the-code-online/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/arctic-fox/
However, on the issue of 'race', I stand by my previous comment.. I clearly stated, 'This is a matter still in contention'.. Some scientists support the assertion of race while others object to it.
Although, I'll concede that the issue of race is more prominent in sociology than in biology.. You can check these out :
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(sociology)
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6754-9_7931#howtocite
You can refer to the nomenclature code: https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/the-code-online/