Assignment task: Artificial and Natural Selection
View the slide show and videos in the interactive on Natural and Artificial Selection at HHMI Biointeractive.
How are natural and artificial selection similar and how are they different? Find a reference in the online library with an example of selection that is going on today. Describe what is happening in this example. Is it artificial or natural selection? Include your reference.
What is your personal opinion on human evolution and the factors that contribute to such evolutionary changes in modern humans?