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the concept of evolution was proposed by

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Empedocles

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the term evolution was proposed by

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Herbert Spencer

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Descend with MOdification was the idea of

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Charles Darwin

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Ship used by Darwin

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HMS. Beagle

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the sea voyage was from

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1831 to 1836

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The first form of life originated on Earth about

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4bya or 4000mya or 400cya

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Big Bang theory was proposed by

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Abbe Georges Lamaiter

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According to the Big Bang theory, the universe originated about

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20bya or 20000mya r 2000cya

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origin of the solar system and Earth is explained through

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Nebular Hypothesis

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Nebular ypothesis was proposed by

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Kant and Laplace

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The solar system and Earth were formed about

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4.5bya or 4500mya or 450cya

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theory of special creation was proposed by

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Hebrew and supported by Fr. Suarez

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12
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According to the theory of special creation, Earth is only

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4000 years old

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The theory of abiogenesis was proposed by

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Aristotle, Pluto, Von Hemont, Thales, etc

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The Theory of Abiogenesis was disproved by

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Louis Pasteur through Swan necked flask experiment

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The theory of biogenesis was proposed by

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Louis Pasteur

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The theory of Panspermia or cosmozoic origin was proposed by

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Ritcher and Arrhenius

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The theory of chemogenesis is proposed by

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A.I Oparin from Russia and J.B.S Haldane from England

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18
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protobionts or protocells(non cellular forms of life)were for`med about

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3bya

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Eobionts (The first cellular forms of life) were formed about

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2bya

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20
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the first prokaryotic cell evolved about

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1.8bya

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21
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the first eukaryotic cell evolved about

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1.5bya

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Stanley Miller experiment was conducted in the year

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similarity in function

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molecular analogy

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similarity in structure

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molecular homology

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the most modern method of dating fossils is

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electron spin resonance

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major types of dinosaurs that lived during the Mesozoic era are

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brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, pteranodon

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eras present are

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precambrian, paliozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic

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invertebrates were formed

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Ancestors of amphibians

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lobe fins or coelacanth fishes

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golden age of amphibians

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carboniferous period

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during which period did mammals evolve?

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Triassic period

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when did dinosaurs disappear from Earth?

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about 65mya

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The correct line of evolution of mammals

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early reptilian ancestor-synapsids-pelycosaurs-therapsids-mammals

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ancestor of all reptiles

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sauropsids

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The correct line of evolution of birds

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early reptilian ancestors-sauropsids-thecodonts- dinosaurs-birds

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Zosterophyllum divided into two lycopods

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arborescent am herbaceous lycopods

37
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The correct line of evolution of angiosperms

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chlorophyte ancestors-tracheophyte ancestors-psilophytes-pro gymnosperms-seed ferns-angiosperms

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angiosperms evolved during

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cretaceous period

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jawless fishes were evolved about

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seaweeds and a few plants evolved

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some of the reptiles went back to water and evolved into fish-like reptiles like _____ around ____

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ichthyosaurs, 200mya

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ramapithecus was more

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dryopithecus was more

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Australopithecus were evolved around

45
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homo habilis brain capacity

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650 to 800cc

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homo eructus was found in

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java in 1891

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homo eructus was evolved about

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homo eructus had a brain capacity of

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neanderthal man had a brain capacity of

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the first human form to eat meat

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homo eructus

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the human form to use hides to protect their body and bury the dead were

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Neanderthal man

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neanderthal man lived around

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1,00,000 -40,000 years back

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prehistoric cave art was developed around

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18000 years back

54
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modern homo sapiens arose between

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75000 to 10,000 years back

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