*species and speciation

Question 1

Define species

Answer 1

A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
-Members of one species are reproductively isolated from members of all other species

Question 2

Define speciation

Answer 2

The process by which a new species evolves from an earlier species.
-Speciation is the most basic process in macroevolution

Question 3

Define evolution

Answer 3

a change in the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to the next

Question 4

The earliest human ancestor evolved from a species that lived how many mya?

Answer 4

6 to 8 million years ago

-this was the last common ancestor we shared with chimpanzees