I'm stuck on a research question,
Discuss, using 2 examples, how changes in technology have assisted in the development of an increased understanding of the origin of life and evolution of living things
So any advice would be helpful thanks
How has changes in technology increased our understanding of the origin of life and evolution of living things?
We can now sequence DNA quickly and with great accuracy; this wasn't possible even 10 years ago. As we've grown to understand more and more about our genome we've been able to track chromosomes common in species closely related to us - these similarities were predicted by the theory long before we knew about DNA.
When Darwin published his book information was available only to a select few - primarily the rich. Information technology has changed the world many times over to the extent that anyone curious about the theory of evolution (or anything else) has the best and most current information available at his fingertips. This democratization of data has brought more people into the sciences, exposed the scientific method to enormously gifted individuals who, in an earlier time, would never have had the opportunity to study, grow, and contribute to the field of evolutionary biology.
