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Savanna |
A large field of flat grassland with scattered trees and shrubs. Found in dry and warm to hot climates. |
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Natural selection |
The most critical mechanism of evolutionary change, first described by Charles Darwin, refers to generic change or changes in the frequencies of certain traits due to differential reproductive success between individuals |
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Fixity of Species |
The notion that species once created, can never change; an idea diametrically opposed to theories of biological evolution |
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Catastrophism |
The view that the earths geological landscapr is the result of violent cataclysmic events |
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Uniformitarianism |
The theory that the earths features are the results of long term processes that continue to operate in the present just as they did in the past. |
