Chapter 9 - Vision
- Humans and Old World monkeys have
similar vision – explain the similarity and reasons for it.
- What do eyeless and Pax 6 genes do and
where can they be found?
Chapter 10 - Ears
- List the three parts of the ear; what
part of the ear is unique to mammals?
- An early anatomist proposed the hypothesis that parts of
the ears of mammals are the same thing as parts of the jaws of reptiles.
Explain any fossil evidence that supports this idea.
- What is the function of the Pax 2 gene?
Chapter 11 - The Meaning
of It All
- What is Shubin’s biological “law of
everything” and why is it so important?
- What is the author trying to show with
his “Bozo” example?
- This chapter includes many examples of disease that show
how humans are products of a lengthy and convoluted evolutionary history.
Choose one of the problems listed below and briefly explain how ancient
ancestors’ traits still “haunt” us:
• Obesity
• Heart disease
• Hemorrhoids
• Sleep apnea
• Hiccups
• Hernias
• Mitochondrial diseases
Afterword (new findings
re: Tiktaalik)
- Tiktaalik was a fish that lacked an
operculum – what does this tell us about the animal?
- Tiktaalik had a true neck – what did
this allow the animal to do (advantages?)
- How was Tiktaalik able to survive in the cold Artic
environment?
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