Fish+Homework+A.M.

Aubrey Moore Human Bio

Regarding the Article: What people owe fish: A Lot (1) Describe at least three important PHYSICAL traits in humans that were found in fish first. -the head -pairs of sense organs -pairs of appendages

(2) Describe a SOCIAL trait in humans that was found in fish first. -cooperation for betterment of species

(3) What is an African cichlid and what behavior do they have that resembles social behavior in humans. Describe. -colorful fresh water fish -they help out each other for the survival of the group

(4) Why is it interesting that femaie guppies may go through menopause? -because humans go through that to

(5) Which genes in humans shifted color during migration from one part of the world to another and also shift in color in fish? -Pigmentation genes

(6) What is the significance to human biology that fish are the oldest group of vertebrates? -we can study fish fossils to learn how they developed into our backbones

(7) Competition and predation among fish species led to the evolution of two important physical traits found in humans. What are these two traits and how did competition and predation spur their evolution? Regarding the NPR interview with the author of Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin -teeth and skull

(8) What is unusual about the Tiktaalik? -it can do push-ups

(9) What bones in the "arm" of a Tiktaalik are also found in human arms? -humerous -elbow -4 of 8 in tictolik -fingers

(10) Explain why a hiccup be a relic of our fish ancestors? -breathing started as a form of a hickup