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12 Cards in this Set
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study of fossils
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palientology
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species that vary globally
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large flightless birds
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species that vary locally
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turtles
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through time
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armadillo, whale
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nature provides the variations and humans select those they want
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artificial selection
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said that earth is really old and the process that changex earth in the past is the same process that operates in the present
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james hutton
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came up with uniformitarianism
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charles lyell and his principles of geology
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laws of nature are constant over time and scientists must explain past events in terms they can observe in the present
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unifirmitarianism
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said that organisms culd change during their lifetime
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jean baptiste lamark
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reasoned that if the human population grew unchecked there wouldnt be enough living space
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thomas malthus
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explorer in the south pacific islands that wrote a letter to darwin
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alfred wallace
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who wrote evolution by natureal selection
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darwin
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