JAMB Biology · Evolution

Evidence of evolution: JAMB Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Evidence of evolution

Our summary: Fossils, comparative anatomy, physiology and embryology, genetics and mutation as evidence for evolution.

  • Evidence of evolution

Objectives

  • state the evidences in support of organic evolution
  • mention the evidences for evolution such as fossil records, comparative anatomy, physiology and embryology.
  • trace evolutionary trends in plants and animals.
  • state the evidence of modern evolutionary theories such as genetic studies and the role of mutation.

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JAMB Biology questions on Evidence of evolution

  1. JAMB 2024The first organism evolved from which of the following habitat?
  2. JAMB 2024Similar structures that are modified to work in different ways in different organisms are referred to as
  3. JAMB 2024Which of the following evidences of evolution employs the use of radio-isotope dating?
  4. JAMB 2024Pentadactyl forelimb of vertebrate function due to differences in environment is
  5. JAMB 2024Comparative anatomy to study evidence for evolution depends on
  6. JAMB 2023Which of the following is evidence of evolution?
  7. JAMB 2023Which of the following is an evolutionary trend commonly observed in organisms?
  8. JAMB 2022Pentadactyl plan of the fore limbs of frog, bird, horse, whale and man is a proof of?
  9. JAMB 2021I. Rattus rattus. Il. Agama agama III. Bufo regularis IV. Tilapia zillii The order of evolutionary advancement of the above vertebrates is?
  10. JAMB 2019Which of the following organs can be considered vestigial in humans but functional in other mammals
  11. JAMB 2018The flippers of a whale and the fins of a fish are examples of
  12. JAMB 2017The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by
  13. JAMB 2015The earliest form of life in animal kingdom is the
  14. JAMB 2014Adaptive radiation is illustrated in
  15. JAMB 2012From his study of Galapagos finches, Darwin derived his theory of evolution from
  16. JAMB 2012Which of the following is most advanced in the evolutionary trend of animals?
  17. JAMB 2011The wings of a bat and those of a bird are examples of
  18. JAMB 2010The flippers of a whale and the fins of a fish are examples of?

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