What is a Transitional Form?
Ancestor
Descendent
possibility 1: gradual change from one to the other
possibility 2: a series of mutations over many generations
What is a Transitional Form? |
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| Suppose that we have the following two creatures, one of which is the ancestor of the other: | ||||
Ancestor |
Descendent |
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| How would evolution work to create the descendent? | ||||
possibility 1: gradual change from one to the other |
what intermediates would this process produce? | |||
possibility 2: a series of mutations over many generations |
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