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Natural selection definition

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Natural process that occurs over time were best-adapted individuals survive longer, have more offspring, spreading their favourable characteristics, and reducing the likelihood of unfavourable characteristics

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4 Steps to Natural Selection

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  • Variation present in species
  • Some members have favourable characteristic
  • Favourable characteristic survives and reproduces
  • Overtime, characteristic becomes more common in species
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Fossils definition

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A preserved remnant or trace of a once living organism

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Transitional forms definition

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Fossils that have been found to have similar characteristics from two different groups of organisms showing that they share a common ancestor

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Comparative anatomy definition

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Anatomy of different species can be compared to look for evidence of evolution from a common ancestor

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Comparative embryology definition

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Embryos of different vertebrates compared to look for evidence that these animals are related

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Supporting the theory of evolution

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Similarity of limbs (same homologous basic structure) suggests common ancestor. Differences of adaptations is a result of different environmental conditions between each species.

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