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Decks in this class (12)

Chapter 2: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory
Transpecific communication,
How do we know all species are re...,
Explain darwins voyage
49  cards
Chapter 3: Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation
Topic question,
Tree of life diversity,
Eukaryotic cell
51  cards
Chapter 4: Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics
Heritability,
Heritability equation,
Fitness
51  cards
Chapter 5: Biology in the Present: Living People
Why was christopher columbus so bad,
Blumenbachs skulls,
Franz boas and the race concept
41  cards
Chapter 6: Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates
Arboreal adaptation,
Dietary plasticity,
Parental investment
42  cards
Chapter 7: Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture
Jane goodall,
Habituation,
Primates social signals
33  cards
Chapter 8: Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature
Thomas jeffersons collection of f...,
Strata,
Principle of faunal succession
35  cards
Chapter 9: Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years
Visual predation hypothesis,
Angiosperm radiation hypothesis,
Arboreal hypothesis
39  cards
Chapter 10: Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity
Mary and louis leakey,
Australopithecus boisei,
What makes us humans
26  cards
Chapter 11: The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo
Eugene dubois,
What did eugene dubois find,
Australopithecus habilis
15  cards
Chapter 12: The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People
Feldhofer neadertal,
Archaic humans features,
Modern human features
36  cards
Chapter 13: Our last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, Biology
Modern human migration patterns,
Australian and pacific migration,
Homo florensiensis
37  cards

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