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biodiversity |
number of different species living in a specific area |
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diversity |
the number and variety of species present in an area and heir specific distribution |
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evolution |
is he change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations |
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extinction |
the disappearance of a species when the last of its members dies |
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hominid |
primate that walks upright, has long lower limbs, thumbs that oppose the other four fingers, and a relatively large brain |
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offspring |
the product of reproduction of a new organism |
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popualtion |
group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time |
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variation |
differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which is belongs |
