Question

Scientists promote the teaching of evolutionary theory, in part to raise new scientists to help use evolutionary theory. how are scientists using evolutionary theory in efforts that can help people?
a.there is no way that knowledge of evolutionary theory can possibly help anyone.
b.evolutionary theory is being used to guide thinking in computer science, but in no other way.
c.evolutionary theory is being used to understand, and help fight, the emergence of antibiotic-resistant diseases and other new diseases, and even to guide thinking in computer science.

Answer 1

The answer is C. Studying evolutionary patterns can assist epidemiologist to anticipate the evolution of diseases and also understand antibiotic resistance. Computer scientists are also using the understanding of natural evolution to develop evolutionary algorithms and genetic algorithms in the development of artificial intelligence.