7. A gene is, in essence, a segment of DNA that has a particular purpose. It contains the chemical information necessary for the creation of a specific enzyme or other protein. The strands of DNA on which the genes occur are organized into chromosomes. The nucleus of each cell has a complete set of chromosomes and therefore a complete set of genes. Each gene provides a blueprint for the synthesis (via RNA) of enzymes and other proteins and specifies when these substances are to be made. Genes produce the traits that make up a living organism because they govern both the structure and metabolic functions of the cells, and thus of the entire organism. When located in reproductive cells, they pass their information to the next generation

g that brought order to chaos of water. That being created everything in six days and man was in his image. Later in the came tradition you had a foul able God, who creates water, man out of dust, a garden, beasts and woman from man’s rib. This story is found in Genesis, and is widely accepted as Creationism my many Christians today. The final myth came from the Maya in Mesa America. The Pop Il Vuh (I know I’m spelling this wrong!) gives us their creation story as follows: In the beginning there was nothing except the calm sea. Creators made dry land, animals, etc… and gave each their own place to live. But when they ordered them to speak, they could not. So they began making people. The first people were made of mud, but they had no brains, and dissolved in water. The second people where then made of wood, again with no brains, but they could reproduce. The Gods instructed the birds to kill these people because they could not worship them, by plucking out their eyes. Those who survived are today’s monkeys. Finally, the Gods decided to make the people from corn meal with blood and brains that could reproduce and worship them. All three myths are different but they attempt to answer the same question: Where did we come from? They take a glimpse into ancient society and discover the norms, beliefs, and values that where important to them. We see how culture began and put into perspective who they’ve become.

5. Jean Baptist de Lamark was a French naturalist who noted that there were intimate relationships between organisms and their environment. He believed evolution occurred but it was progressive, making organisms more complex over time. No organism would ever become extinct, they just changed drastically over time. Lamark was really famous for promoting the idea of “inheritance of Acquired Characteristics” sometimes referred to as “Lamarkian evolution.” This was an incorrect theory that traits acquired through life can be passed on to offspring. The

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Cambian Period, Finally Gods, Amino Acids, Charles Lyell, Maya Yanamano, Vuh I’m, Bang Theory, Ancient Hebrew, Acquired Characteristics”, , natural selection, gene flow, random genetic drift, parents offspring, brains reproduce, creation myth, complete set, ancient hebrew, people mud, 36 bya, genetic drift,