Evolution

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  1. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
    These differences are called variations. a variation is an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species.
  2. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
    An adaptation is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.
  3. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  4. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
  5. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
  6. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  7. population
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
  8. Galapagos Islands
    a group of islands in the Pacific off South America
  9. punctuated equilibrium
    a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
  10. Darwin
    English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
  11. Lamarck
    French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
  12. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
Created on Fri Jan 13 12:26:10 EST 2012 (updated Fri Jan 13 12:36:36 EST 2012)

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