We observed a variety of tiny shells collected from the same area. We were tasked to differentiate the shells into groups by characteristics we noticed. Lucy and I first divided the shells into cone shaped and clam shaped. Then we divided them according to the patterning.
Mr. Quick prompted us to look closer at the shells. We noticed that most of the shells had small holes in them. These holes indicate the cause of death to the organisms that once lived inside the shell. Each organism was attacked by a predator who used its tongue to drill through the shell to eat the organism inside the shell.
Since shells of all variations of shell shape, size, and characteristics were attacked, this shows that evolution did not come into play. The variation of the shells was merely mutation.
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