Evolution Quiz

Liphyra brassolis "Moth butterfly"
http://cms.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/butterfliescommon/JCUDEV_005745
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liphyra_brassolis#Larva

Answers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7DPvNHdJPc

Music: Kevin MacLeod
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[PyrrhoEllis]

Question 3.

Egg-laying dinosaurs and reptiles existed long before the modern chicken and so the egg came before the chicken. However, ornithology dictates that Aves are actually descended from dinosaurs. Yet, no chicken existed at the time the egg was first evolved as a defense mechanism so the final answer is the egg came first.

[PyrrhoEllis]

Question 2.

To answer this question it is necessary to state that ants may not have been the Liphyra brassolis's first source of food in its evolutionary development. However, if it is the case that the larvae of ants have always been this insect's primary source, then it is furthermore necessary to state that ants would not have had the defense mechanisms to the Liphyra brassolis that they do now. [continued]

[neoaeonian]

1: The smaller the animal, the easier it is to get a wing to work. Long before flight, they allow using wind to help move (when spread) adding to overall efficiency for foraging.

2. Moth/Ant battles - Coevolution. Initially the ants likely didn't have such large colonies.

3. The egg.

Bonus: stop following me - It is a mistake to think that we are the culmination of evolution. We're just a snapshot of one lineage. An elephant is a different snapshot of a different lineage.

[msjesjames]

i always think its a lil silly asking what is correct theory, evolution or creationism. anyone can see after reading the poem of genesis, the two do not conflict. they are the same process from different close minded views.

[eagleeye1975]

LOL @ the "stop following me" graphic!

[PyrrhoEllis]

[continued]

Question 2.

The Liphyra brassolis and the common ant would have developed defensive and offensive mechanisms to reach the high state of competition seen today.

[PyrrhoEllis]

Question 1.

The wing would not be used for flight originally but for other purposes that would require a similar structure. Possible uses for an undeveloped wing are heat regulation, attracting mates, aid in hunting and jumping, gliding, and brooding. The early stages of evolutionary wing development would not be used for flight, but flight would arise by chance and necessity out of these former uses.