Evolutionary Ideas
Charles Darwin
Phylogenetic's
Human Evolution
Random
100
micro vs. macro
what is the whole evolutionary process and what are the changes in alleles?
100
Darwin's finches habitat
where is the Galapagos islands?
100
The origin of a phylogenetic tree
what is the root?
100
chimps and bonobos
what are the closest primate relatives?
100
sexual selection
what is when an animal chooses a mate based on traits they possess?
200
time line of all the bones that give clues to evolution
what is the fossil record?
200
clued Darwin that adaptive radiation was occurring on the Galapagos islands
what are beak sizes?
200
the divergence of a species
what is a node?
200
biped
what is walking on two legs?
200
natural vs artificial selection
what is survival of the fittest and done by picking a choosing traits?
300
adaptive radiation
what is when species rapidly change into new species?
300
when all individuals in a population look slightly different
what is variability?
300
what is the fish?
300
incomplete fossil record
what is fossils are incomplete or haven't been found yet?
300
3 types of adaptations
what are physical, behavioral, and physiological?
400
catastrophism
what is the belief that all giant animals got wiped out due to periodic catastrophes?
400
when more babies are born then can survives in a ecosystem
what is super fecundity?
400
phylogenetic trees show
what is the evolutionary process timeline?
400
she proved that ancestors have been walking on two legs before they had initially thought
who is Lucy?
400
parts of the body in many different animals that have the same structure but different functions
what are homologous structures?
500
Jean Baptiste's contribution to evolution
what is adaptive radiation?
500
What Darwin came up with after observing how animals change
what is the theory of evolution?
500
closest relative to reptiles
what are the birds?
500
4 things that changed in human ancestors
what are locomotion, cranial cavity increased, teeth, and tools?
500
physiological stress, predation, competition and sexual selection
what are the 4 factors that influence natural selection?