First Quiz (refined) Flashcards
humans share 96% of their DNA with _______
chimpanzees
________ is not from the simian (anthropoidea) branch of the primate family tree
lorises
dinosaurs where diversifying, and the first angiosperms came about between _________ (mya)
145 -165 million years ago
ch 19 video was on the topic of _______…
Darwin’s ideas on the origin of species
ancient preserved organisms have been found preserved in what? (four answers)
sedimentary rock, amber, ice thawing from permafrost and tar
paleoanthropologists suggest that Orrorin (orrorin tugenensis) lived __________ (mya)
5.8 - 6.1 million years ago
describe “punctuated equilibrium” (3 points)
net evolutionary changes show stasis, cladogenesis, and change happens through mutations
what does LUCA stand for?
last universal common ancestor
evolutionary relationships might be better depicted by _____ rather than ____
rings rather than trees
one representation of the tree of life suggests that the domain Eukarya contains genes from a gene transfer from _______ domain
Archaea ?
(might be wrong)
forearm bones in birds vs. bats is an example of ____logy
homology
_______ is similarity due ti convergent evolution
analogy
taxonomy of hominins (domain, kingdom, family, species)
eukaryota, anamalia, hominidae, hominins
the triangular chart showing evolutionary relationships is called a ______ogram
cladogram
scientists suggested that around 510 mya, British Columbia would be what?
occupied by the Burgess Shale Fauna