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natueal celection
the study of natural
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| species | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can reproduce with each other to produce offspring. |
| Body Structure | A part of an organism (for example, one or more bones). |
| Stability | When something stays mostly the same over time. |
| Speciation | The process by which one population evolves into two or more different species. |
| Paleontologist | A scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on earth. |
| Evolution | The process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time. |
| Shared structure | A body structure in two or more species that features the same parts (for example, ). |
| Descendant species | A more recent species that evolved from an ancestor population. |
| Common ancestor population | An older population from which two or more newer species descended. |
| Related | Sharing a common ancestor Population. |