adaptation
A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
species
A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
Evolution
the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generation such that new species sometimes arise
fossil
The remains of physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes
Fossil record
A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the crusts earth
trait
A genetically determined
Selective Breeding
The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired character
Natural selection
the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
Generation time
In population biology and demography, generation time is the average time between two consecutive generations in the lineages of a population.
speciation
the formation of new species as a result of evolution
speciation
Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species
relative dating
Relative dating is the science of determining the relative order of past events
absolute dating
Absolute dating is the process of determining an age on a specified chronology in archaeology and geology
Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale divides up the history of the earth based on life-forms that have existed during specific times since the creation of the planet.
extinct
of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
plate tectonics
the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of moving plates whose movements cause seismic activity
primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines
hominid
a primate of a family
homo sapiens
Humans or modern humans
