Chapter 1 Flashcards
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Parsimony
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Economy in explanation; the least complex path
2
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Natural Selection
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Process by which the better fit variants in a population become over-represented over time
3
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Heritable
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Capable of being passed to off-spring biologically
4
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Uniformitsrianism
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The doctrine that geological processes operating in the present have also operated in the past and will do so in the future.
5
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Taxonomy
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Naming and classification of organisms based on morphological similarities and differences
6
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Strata
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Layers of earth
7
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Stratigraphy
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The study of the layering of the Earth’s sediments
8
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Critical Thinking
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Taking control of information presented to you and examining it
9
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Anthropology
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Study of humans and primates
