Animal Evolution Workshop

Duration: 2 hours

Start time: 10.00 am – 12.00 am – 2.00 pm

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The Animal Evolution Workshop reveals the mechanisms through which populations adapt to environmental conditions.

Using slides, introduction to the concepts of extinction of species, proof of existence and disappearance, mutation, natural selection, adaptive convergence and adaptive divergence.
Guided tour by a Zoo educator (biologist) of the Zoo to learn more about the following contents:
- Evolution mechanisms: examples of natural and artificial selection. Proof of the existence of evolution in pachyderms (elephants) and perissodactyla (zebras, tapirs, rhinoceroses).
- Adaptation of animals to aquatic life: dolphins, sea lions and penguins.
- Adaptation to land locomotion: reduction in the number of toes (deer), retractable nails, (tiger), lengthened limbs (black-faced impala), prehensile limbs (spider monkey).
- The primates as our closest relatives: great genetic similarity between homidae (gorilla, chimpanzee and orang-utan) and humans.

To book activities
Departament d'Educació del Zoo Pg. Circumval.lació, 3 08003 Barcelona	E-mail: escolazoo@bsmsa.cat Ph: 902 45 75 45 Fax: 932 252 563
Secretary's office hour: Monday to friday: from 9.00 am to 1.30 pm and 3.00 pm to 4.30