Ch.5 Human Origins

Question 1

deep time

Answer 1

a framework for considering the span of human history within the much larger age of the universe and planet Earth

Question 2

fossils

Answer 2

the remains of an organism that have been preserved by a natural chemical process that turns them partially or wholly into rock

Question 3

DNA

Answer 3

deoxyribonucleic acid; the feature of a cell that provides the genetic code for the organism

Question 4

paleogeneticist

Answer 4

scientist who studies the past through the examination of preserved genetic material

Question 5

theory of evolution

Answer 5

the theory that biological adaptations in organisms occur in response to changes in the natural environment and develop in populations over generations

Question 6

creationism

Answer 6

a belief that God created Earth and all living creatures in their present form as recently as six thousand years ago

Question 7

intelligent design

Answer 7

an updated version of creationism that claims too propose an evidence based argument to contradict the theory of evolution