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fossils
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preserved remains of once-living organisms
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macroevolution
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the hypothesis that the same processes which work in microevolution can, over eons of time, transform an organism into a completely different kind of organism
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microevolution
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the theory that natural selection can, over time, take an organism and transform it into a more specialized species of that organism
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strata
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distinct layers of rock
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structual homology
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the study of similar structures (bones or organs, for example) in different species
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