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Common descent with modification
The Process by which species of living things undergo modification in successive generations, with such modification sometimes resulting in the formation of new, separate species
Homologous
In anatomy, having the same structure owing to inheritance from a common ancestor. Forelimb structures in whales, bats, cats, and gorillas are homologous
Modern Synthesis
The unified evolutionary theory that resulted from convergence of several lines of biology research between 1937 and 1950
Morphology
the physical form of an organism
Natural Selection
The process though which traits that confer a reproductive advantage to individual organisms grow more common in populations of organisms over successive generations
Radiometric Dating
A technique for determining the age of objects by measuring the decay of the radioactive elements within them. The age of fossils can be determined with this technique.
Vestigial character
A structure in an organism whose original function has been lost during the course of evolution