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b - history of the Earth and fossils

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definitions
Radiometric dating 1,
Eukaryote 2,
Prokaryote 3
7  cards
concepts
Original earth 1,
Changed earth 2,
Seed 3
4  cards
history of earth
Main extinction events 1,
Ordovician 2,
Devonian 3
11  cards
Speciation
Survival of the fittest 1,
Natural selection 2,
Speciation 3
3  cards
Continental drifts
Continental drifts 1
1  cards
fossils
Sedimentary rocks 1,
Process 2,
Types of fossils 3
4  cards
homanids
Hominin vs hominid 1,
Homo vs australopithecus 2,
Advantages of bipedalism 3
5  cards
development of the theory of evolution
Recap 1,
Evolution 2,
Biological evolution 3
16  cards
evidence for the theory of evolution
Evidence 1,
Fossil evidence 2,
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 3
4  cards
fundamental aspects of evolution
Macroevolution 1,
Stasis equilibrium 2,
Lineage splitting speciation 3
8  cards
evolution by natural selection
Four observations 1,
How did darwin explain natural se...,
How does natural selection occur 3
10  cards
artificial selection
Artificial selection 1,
Differences between natural and a...,
Importance of artificial selection 3
9  cards
formation of new species
Species 1,
Population 2,
Sexual reproduction 3
12  cards
convergence and divergence in evolution
Convergent evolution 1,
Divergent evolution 2,
Speciation 3
11  cards
reproductive isolation
Reproductive isolation 1,
Breeding different times of the y...,
Species specific courtship behavi...
5  cards
hominid studies
Primate order 1,
Evidence of primates having a com...,
Shared characteristics 3
6  cards
evidence for a common ancestor for living hominids
Living hominids 1,
To find common ancestor 2,
African apes and humans compared 3
6  cards
human evolution from ape-like ancestors
Evidence 1,
A fossil evidence 2,
Advantages bipedalism 3
12  cards
major phases in hominin evolution from 6 mya to present
Genera of tribe homini 1,
A ardipithecus 2,
B australopithecines 3
17  cards
worldwide distribution of hominin fossils
African hominin fossil sites 1,
Great rift valley 2,
Cradle of humankind 3
6  cards
spread of modern humans around the world
Out of africa hypothesis 1,
Multiregional hypothesis 2,
1 fossils 3
13  cards

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