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Lecture 6 - functional morphology and behaviour
Describe part 1 after finding a d...,
Describe part 2 of finding a dino...,
How do you flesh up a skeleton
29  cards
Lecture 7 - evolutionary patters from the fossil record
What was darwins opinion of the f...,
What are modern paelontologists v...,
What did darwin identify as a pos...
34  cards
Lecture 8 - biodviersity and palaeodiversity
Definition of biodiversity,
What are the two types of taxic a...,
Describe the discovery curve of n...
25  cards
Lecture 9 -fossils and the molecular revolution
When was mendels work rediscovere...,
What are fisher haldane and wrigh...,
What did george gaylord simpson i...
29  cards
Lecture 10 - Case study - human evolution
What are the 6 stages of studying...,
When is is thought the start of h...,
Why have we gotta a much better u...
38  cards
lecture 11 - origin of the hominoidea
What did uncovery of the piltdown...,
What did dart and broom discover,
What are the two formss of austra...
19  cards
Lecture 12 - Early homo
What were the two first discoveri...,
Describe the leakey families disc...,
What are 3 reasons for the contro...
27  cards
Lecture 13 - Homo erectus and 'out of Africa' 1
What discoveries were made in the...,
What discovery was made in 1985,
Homo erectus fossils from europe ...
18  cards
Lecture 14 - Out of Africa 2
What are 2 key questions asked wh...,
Where does homo heidelbergensis f...,
Why do we have good knowledge of ...
25  cards
Lecture 15 - evolution of modern humans
What big effect do the glacial cy...,
How did people first migrate to a...,
What do glacial events tell us ab...
32  cards

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