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* Differential success in reproduction
* Occurs through an interaction between the environment and the variability inherent among the individuals in a population |
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| Relics or impressions of organisms preserved in rock; usually sedimentary rock |
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| Hypothesis that each break in the fossil record is the result of a catastrophy |
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| Hypothesis that evolutionary change is the result of a slow continuous process. Proposed by James Hutton |
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| Charles Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed throughout Earth's history. |
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| Darwin's idea that all organisms are unified through descent from a common ancestor |
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| Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry |
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| Structures of marginal if any importance to an organism. Historical remnants of features that had important functions in ancestors. Example: tailbone in humans |
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| The study of the past and present geographic distribution of species |
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| A species that is endemic to a particular place is found nowhere else in the world |
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*Wrote On the Origin of the Species
*Presented evidence that life had evolved through natural selection
*His evidence supports the idea that all life derived from a common ancestor |
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| Differential reproductive success, which causes a change in allele frequencies in a population. This occurs through interaction with the environment, and as a result of inherent allele variabilty among the population. |
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| A philosophy dedicated to studying the Creator's plan through studying nature |
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| Divised modern, hierarchical taxonomic system |
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