Pose a hypothesis to explain why the evolution of the wing was su...

Question

Pose a hypothesis to explain why the evolution of the wing was such an important event in the evolution of insects.

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So why did the appearance of wings in arthropods represent an adaptive improvement in the evolutionary history of these organisms? And as we solve this problem, I really want you to think about the benefits of having wings versus not having them. So let's begin by answer choice A. It allowed them to disperse to new habitats. Now if these organisms now have wings, they are going to be able to travel larger distances. So it is definitely going to be just an adaptive improvement than not having wings. So we're not going to cancel it out. Then we have B it allows them to find new food sources more efficiently. Now, if an organism has wings it's able to travel let's say, up a tree or use large distances than before in order to find food. So this actually also represents one of the adaptive improvements that wings brought for arthropods. Let's move on to answer choice C. It allows them to evade the predators more efficiently. Well, if an organism has wings and the predator does not have wings, the organism can just fly away or escape more efficiently so it will not be able to be eaten up by these predators as easy. So this all represents evolutionary improvements that wings brought for arthropods. So we're going to highlight answer choice D all of the above as the final answer to our question. I really hope this helped you and I hope to see you in the next one

Pose a hypothesis to explain why the evolution of the wing was such an important event in the evolution of insects.

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