2006-11-25 07:40:55 · 4 answers · asked by star 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Evolution helps scientists find the connections between all the different species on earth. Also, it helps us form the different categories of kingdoms, orders, phylum, classes, families, geneses, and species. Without evolution we would not be able to understand some of the differences and similarities between the species like thumbs and the vestigial appendages in snakes and other animals. It also, helps explain what Darwin found in Darwin's finches, and why they are so simular and the types of beaks so different.
2006-11-25 07:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by vcutheatre 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It changed biology from an observational science to an analytical science. It gave an approach to analyzing variation within populations and variation between populations. It enabled evaluations of degree of relatedness between creatures, especially where the progenitor form was present in the fossil record. It enabled understanding of host parasite relationships. With the advent of genetics and molecular genetics, it allowed a mathematical approach to comparing relatedness.
2006-11-25 09:04:06 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it ties together everything we know about cells, molecular biology, and the environment. Science is basically about change, and how things respond to change, and thats precisely what evolution is.
2006-11-25 07:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by Brian B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because other theories look somewhat stupid
2006-11-25 07:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by blondnirvana 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋