UCSP - Evolution & Member of Society

Question 1

study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

Answer 1

Genetics

Question 2

Long term plasticity of the human genome.

Answer 2

Evolution

Question 3

Biological similarities and differences originated at the creation, characteristics of life forms were seen as immutable.

Answer 3

Creationism

Question 4

After each destructive event, god created it again, leading to contemporary species.

Answer 4

Catastrophism

Question 5

Father of Geology

Answer 5

Charles Lyell

Question 6

States that the present is the key to the past. Explanations for past events should be sought in the long term action of ordinary forces that still operate today.

Answer 6

Principle of Uniformitarianism

Question 7

Compared with contemporary humans, ____ _____ had very small brains.

Answer 7

Early Hominins

Question 8

The earliest widely accepted hominin genus. (5.8-4.4 million years ago)

Answer 8

Ardipithecus

Question 9

Adaptation to open grassland or savanna

Answer 9

Bipedalism

Question 10

Was one of the first hominin fossils to have a household name. Her skeleton is around 40% complete - at the time of her discovery, she was by far the most complete early hominin known.

Answer 10

Lucy : Australopithecus afarensis