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common descent with modification
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process by which species of living things undergo modification in successive generations, with such modification sometimes resulting in the formation of a new, seperate species
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homologous structures
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structures that are shared in different organisms owing to inheritance from a common ancestor
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morphology
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physical form of an organism
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natural selection
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process in which the different adaptation of organisms to thier environment selects those traits that will be passed on with greater frequency from one generation to the next
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radiometric dating
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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.
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