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