SB4a: Evidence For Human Evolution Keywords Flashcards
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Arid
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Nickname for a 4.4-million-year-old fossilised specimen of Ardipithecus ramidus.
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Binomial system
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System of naming organisms using two Latin words.
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Evolution
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A change in one or more characteristics of a population over a long period of time.
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Lucy
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Nickname for a 3.2-million-year-old fossilised specimen of Australopithecus afarensis.
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Species
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A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other to produce offspring that will also be able to reproduce. Organism names have two Latin words – the first is its genus and the second is its species.
