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36 Cards in this Set
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deoxyribonuclic acid (DNA)
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The molecule tha carries the genetic code.
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prehensile
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haveing the ability to grasp.
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mutation
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any spontaneous change in the genetic code
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paleontology
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the study of pst life forms using foosil remains and their geological contexts.
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amino acids
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the chief componet of proteins.
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nocturnal
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active at ight
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ribonucleic acide (RNA)
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The molecule that, in two forms, translates and transcribes the genetic code into proteins.
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hominids
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modern human being and our ancestors., defined as the primates who walk erect.
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indigenous
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native; refers ot a group of people with a long history in a particular area.
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stereoscopic
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three dimensional vision; depth percetion.
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Polygynous
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referring to a society in which a man may have muliple wives.
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arboreal
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adapted to life in the trees
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ecosystem
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a specife set of environmental relationships. A unit of study within ecology.
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opposability
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the ability ot touch the thumb to the tips of the other finger on the same hand.
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fission
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the splitting up of a population to form new populations.
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diurnal
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active during the day.
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inheritance of acquired characteristics
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The incorrect ideathat traits acquired during an organim's lifetime can be passed on to its offspring.
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macromution
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a mutation with extensive an important results.
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stratigraphy
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the study of the earth's strata.
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brachiating
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moving using arm over arm swinging.
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Artificial selection
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selection for reproductive sucess in plants and animals that is directed by humns.
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Induction
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the process of developing a general explanation from specfic observains.
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ecology
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the science that sudies the network of relationships within environmental systems.
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biological anthropologist
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a specialist in the subfield of antthroplogy who studies humans as a biological species.
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proteins
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molecules that make cells and carry out cellular functions.
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deduction
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suggesting specfic data that would be found if a hypotheis were true.
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Genes
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Technically, those portions of the DNA molecule that code ofr the production of specific proteins.
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holistic
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assuming an interralationship among the parts of a subject.
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belief systems
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Ideas that are taken on faity and cannot be scientically
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speciation
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the evolution of a new species.
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Niche
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the enviroment of an organism adn its adaptive responce
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gene flow
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the exchnge of genes among populations though interbreeding.
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chromosome
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strands of DNA in teh nucleus of a cell.
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gene pool
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All the genes in a population.
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Natural selection
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Evolutionary change based on the differential reproduction sucess of individuals within a species.
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strata
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layers;layers of rock and soil under the surface of the earth.
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