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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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