6. Q: Is biology nothing but very complex chemistry? History (= evolution) is important for understanding the biology. So is sociology, politics or language.
15. New molecular evolutionary methods – DNA and proteins - Think about hand-scribed versions of bibles before Guttenberg press in Europe. “ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Version 1 - In the beginning God created the havens and the earth. Version 2 - In the beginning God created the havens and the earth. Version 3 - In the beginning God crated the heavens and the earth. Version 4 - In the beginning God crated the heavens and the earth.
16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Human T C C T T A A A A Chimp T T C T A T A A A Gorilla T T A C A A T A A Orang-utan C C A C A A A T A 3,000,000,000 letters H-C ~1.2% 5 Mys 36,000,000 difs H-G ~1.5% 6 Mys 45,000,000 difs H-O ~2.5%, 12 Mys 75,000,000 difs
23. Summary (1) Female/male=1 is the result of natural selection; it is also “unintelligently designed” (2) Natural selection does not always lead to the benefit of the species. It does almost alwasy lead to the benefit of the genes. “ Chickens are eggs’ way of making more eggs” The concept of selfish genes “Individuals are genes’ way of making more genes”
