How did we get here?
We ask ourselves how we got here? How did life just happen to come into existence and evolve into the amazing myriad of life forms that now inhabit our planet?
The topic explores the scientific thinking behind the story of life
Learning Outcomes - Core
- Summarise a timeline of earth history, including earth formation, first life, first life on land, mammals and humans
- Define evolution
- Outline examples of evidence for evolution, including comparative anatomy and biochemistry, biogeography and fossils
- Outline the steps in fossil formation
- State and solve problems using the law of superposition
- Use a simple model to show natural selection
- Outline the roles of genes and environmental factors in the survival of organisms in a population