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Comparative Anatomy: Vestigial Structures in Whales & Humans

This study compares the vestigial structures in whales (hip bones) and humans. It also explores biogeography, island faunas, and the unique species found in different environments. The observations support Charles Darwin's theories on evolution.

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Comparative Anatomy: Vestigial Structures in Whales & Humans

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  1. A/M Tr Sh Sal Fl Cat 190,586 125,446 82,240 40,390 31,335 16,873 7121

  2. C. Observations 3. Comparative Anatomy - Vestigial Structures – Whale hip bones

  3. C. Observations 3. Comparative Anatomy- Vestigial Structures Human structures

  4. Argentina Australia C. Observations 4. Biogeography - Community Convergence In similar environments, there are organisms that fill similar ecological roles – and they are morphologically similar. Correlated patterns…

  5. C. Observations 4. Biogeography – Island Faunas

  6. C. Observations 4. Biogeography – Island Fauna - Fauklands – species same as mainland - Galapagos – species different from mainland a. degree of isolation correlated with uniqueness of inhabitants…..

  7. Voyage of the Beagle – Darwin (1845) "The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations, found nowhere else; Flightless Cormorant

  8. “…there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship with those of America, though separated from that continent by an open space of ocean, between 500 and 600 miles in width.” Green Iguana – Central and South America

  9. “…The archipelago is a little world within itself, or rather a satellite attached to America, whence it has derived a few stray colonists, and has received the general character of its indigenous productions. Considering the small size of the islands, we feel the more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings, and at their confined range.” Galapagos Land Iguana, pallid species, only on Santa Fe island.

  10. “… Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period geologically recent the unbroken ocean was here spread out.”

  11. “…Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact -- that mystery of mysteries -- the first appearance of new beings on this earth.” The Voyage of the Beagle – Charles Darwin

  12. C. Observations 4. Biogeography – Island Faunas a. Isolation correlates with uniqueness

  13. C. Observations 4. Biogeography – Island Faunas a. Isolation correlates with uniqueness b. islands are dominated by dispersive forms

  14. C. Observations 4. Biogeography – Island Faunas a. Isolation correlates with uniqueness b. islands are dominated by dispersive forms c. there is even variation among islands

  15. - Finches

  16. "Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends."

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