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Evolutionary History
The study of species over millions/billions of year
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paleontologist | Paleontologist a scientist who study's fossils |
| species | |
| body structure | a body structure in two or more species that features the same parts (for example, the same bones) |
| evolution | the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time |
| descendant species | |
| common ancestor population | |
| stabilty | |
| shared structure | |
| speciation | the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species |
| related: sharing a common ancestor population | : sharing a common ancestor population |
| Shared structure |