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Theory of Evolution

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ability to walk upright bipedal
characteristic that allows primates to grasp things easily opposable thumb
Two main groups of primates prosimians and anthropoids
Example of a prosimian lemur
Example of an anthropoid ape
Man and African apes are categorized as hominids
Supposedly australopithecine gave rise to what group of transitional form? homoerectus
Hemoerectus supposedly evolved into what group? homo sapiens
Example of a homosapiens that closely resembles Eskimos or American Indians neanderthal
Claimed to used language and work with clay cromagnon
Mechanism scientist claim to caused evolutionary changes mutations
theory that states life is best explained by an intelligent cause not by random mutations intelligent design
Result of smaller populations having limited gene pool genetic drift
physical clues of the past that help determine what happened long ago fossils
Type of fossil that is a marking left by an animal. example is a footprint trace
When minerals and rocks fill a space left by a decayed organism, they make a replica of the organism. cast
Minerals replace wood making a copy of them petrified
Thin object falls into sediment can leave an imprint when sediment hardens. Example is a leaf imprint
Organism is buried in sediment and then decays , leaving an empty space. Leaving a negative image of organism molds
Entire organisms trapped in ice or tree sap and hardens into amber. amber and frozen
Assuming the oldest layers of rock are at the bottom and the youngest layers are towards the top. Relative Dating
Half of carbon-14 breaks down into carbon-12 in about 5730 years
Supposedly, potassium decays into argon with a half life of 1.3 billion years
These cells supposedly evolved by endosymbiosis. eukaryotes
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