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Evolution is... |
The process of change over time. |
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Fossils are... |
The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms. |
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Artificial selection is... |
Nature provides the variations, and humans select those they find useful. |
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James Hutton... |
Proposed slow-acting geological forces shape the planet. Estimated the Earth to be millions of years old. |
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck... |
Proposes inheritance of acquired traits. The ideas are flawed but are one of the firs to propose a mechanism explaining how organisms change over time. |
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Charles Lyell... |
Explains that over long periods the same processes affecting Earth today have shaped Earth's ancient geological features. Ex: Ancient volcanoes released lava like today and ancient rivers dug channels and canyons. |
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Thomas Malthus... |
Predicts that if left unchecked the human population will grow beyond the space and food needed to sustain it. Ex: Oysters lay millions of eggs but only few survive. This led Darwin to wonder why only certain individuals survived. |
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Alfred Russel Wallace... |
Speculates evolution by natural selection based upon his studies of distribution of plants and animals. |
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Adaption... |
Any heritable characteristic that increases and organism's ability to survive and reproduce. |
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Homologous structures |
Structure is similar while function is different. |
