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Charles Darwin
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(1809-1882) Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Gregor Mendel laid the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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( 1823-1913) Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Gregor Mendel laid the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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Gregor Mendel
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( 1822-1884) Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Gregor Mendel laid the foundations of modern evolutionary theory.
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evolution
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change in the heriditary characteristics of groups of organisms over the course of generations
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species
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in general a group of organisms that can potentially breed with each other to produce fertile offspring and cannot breed with the members of other such groups
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variation
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genetically determined differences in the characteristics of members of the same species
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natural selection
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greater reproductive success among particular members of a species arising from genetically determined characteristics that confer an advantage in a particular environment
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coniferous woodland
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coniferous woodland
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deciduous woodland
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deciduous woodland
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chrysoperla downesi
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chrysoperla downesi
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chrysoperla carnea
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chrysoperla carnea
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breeding periods
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breeding periods
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mesonychid
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mesonychid
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ambulocetus
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ambulocetus
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rodhocetus
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rodhocetus
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bailosarus
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bailosarus
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A. afarensis
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A. afarensis
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A. africanus
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A. africanus
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early Homo
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early Homo
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H. erectus
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H. erectus
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H. sapiens
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H. sapiens
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Galapagos finch
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Galapagos finch
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wasp and caterpillar
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wasp and caterpillar
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