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b - history of the Earth and fossils

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By: James Glover
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definitions
Radiometric dating,
Eukaryote,
Prokaryote
7  cards
concepts
Original earth,
Changed earth,
Seed
4  cards
history of earth
Main extinction events,
Ordovician,
Devonian
11  cards
Speciation
Survival of the fittest,
Natural selection,
Speciation
3  cards
Continental drifts
Continental drifts
1  cards
fossils
Sedimentary rocks,
Process,
Types of fossils
4  cards
homanids
Hominin vs hominid,
Homo vs australopithecus,
Advantages of bipedalism
5  cards
development of the theory of evolution
Recap,
Evolution,
Biological evolution
16  cards
evidence for the theory of evolution
Evidence,
Fossil evidence,
How does the fossil evidence show...
16  cards
evolution - a scientific theory not just a hypothesis
The difference between hypothesis...,
Relationship between a hypothesis...,
Evolution is not a hypothesis
4  cards
fundamental aspects of evolution
Macroevolution,
Stasis equilibrium,
Lineage splitting speciation
8  cards
evolution by natural selection
Four observations,
How did darwin explain natural se...,
How does natural selection occur
10  cards
artificial selection
Artificial selection,
Differences between natural and a...,
Importance of artificial selection
9  cards
formation of new species
Species,
Population,
Sexual reproduction
12  cards
convergence and divergence in evolution
Convergent evolution,
Divergent evolution,
Speciation
11  cards
reproductive isolation
Reproductive isolation,
Breeding different times of the year,
Species specific courtship behaviour
5  cards
hominid studies
Primate order,
C,
Shared characteristice
6  cards
evidence for a common ancestor for living hominids
Living hominids,
To find common ancestor,
African apes and humans compared
6  cards
human evolution from ape-like ancestors
Evidence,
A fossil evidence,
Advantages bipedalism
12  cards
major phases in hominin evolution from 6 mya to present
Genera of tribe homini,
A ardipithecus,
B australopithecines
17  cards
worldwide distribution of hominin fossils
African hominin fossil sites,
Great rift valley,
Cradle of humankind
6  cards
spread of modern humans around the world
Out of africa hypothesis,
Multiregional hypothesis,
1 fossils
13  cards

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