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Fossils
What can one discover by studying...,
What can one discover by studying...,
What can one discover by studying...
3
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Development of the Theory of Evolution
What is evolution,
What is biological evolution,
What is micro evolution
6
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1700 - 1800
What did most scientists accept a...,
What allowed the original idea of...,
Who were the creative thinkers th...
13
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1800 - 1900
Who were the trailblazers of evol...,
What did the data that charles da...,
What did darwin realise from his ...
6
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Evidence for the Theory of Evolution
What lines of evidence support th...,
What have scientists been able to...
2
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Fossil Evidence of Evolution
What is fossil evidence known as,
What does palaeontological eviden...,
How does fossil evidence show tha...
4
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Biogeographical Evidence of Evolution
What is biogeography,
What did darwin and wallace notic...,
What were the evolutionary patter...
6
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Genetic Evidence of Evolution
How can evidence of evolution be ...,
What does the comparison of chrom...,
What evidence supports the idea t...
4
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Comparative Anatomical Evidence of Evolution
What is comparative anatomy,
What are homologies,
What does the number of shared ho...
6
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Embryology & Vestigial Organs as Evidence of Evolution
What is embryology,
What evidence supports the idea t...,
What are vestigial organs
5
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Evolution: Theory vs Hypothesis
What is a scientific hypothesis,
What is a scientific theory,
What must a theory be able to do ...
5
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Macroevolution
What i,
What does macroevolution include,
What is phylogeny
5
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Patterns in the Tree of Life
What are some patterns that are r...,
What is stasis equilibrium in evo...,
What is cladogenesis
7
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Gradualism, Punctuated Equilibrium & Natural Section
What does gradualism suggest,
What does punctuated equilibrium ...,
What were the 4 observations darw...
13
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Other Mechanisms of Evolution
What are some other mechanisms of...,
What is polyploidy,
What is gene flow
4
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Artificial Selection
What is artificial selection,
What is the importance of artific...,
What is the importance of artific...
16
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Formation of New Species
Wh,
What is a population,
What are the main factors that co...
3
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Individual Variation: Sexual Reproduction
What factors of sexual reproducti...,
How does meiosis contribute to va...,
What is the importance of artific...
4
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Individual Variation: Mutations
What is a mutation,
What type of mutations contribute...,
How do germ line mutations occur
3
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Inbreeding & Outbreeding
What is inbreeding,
What does inbreeding result in,
What is inbreeding depression
13
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The Founder Effect, Convergence and Divergence
What does the founder effect refe...,
What is a common example of the f...,
What are the different patterns o...
5
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Speciation
What is speciation,
What is speciation most often due to,
What is cladogenesis
8
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Geographic (Allopatric) Speciation
When does geographic speciation o...,
How did populations become geogra...,
How do populations become geograp...
4
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Sympatric Speciation, Galapagos Finches & Cichlid Fish
What is sympatric speciation,
How did the different species of ...,
What are the stages in the specia...
5
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Reproductive Isolation
What is reproductive isolation,
How can mechanisms of reproductiv...,
What are the mechanisms of reprod...
7
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Evidence of a Common Ancestor of Primates
What does it mean to be arboreal,
What classification do most prese...,
What characteristics do primates ...
9
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Sequence of Human Evolution
What order to humans belong to,
What two super families are prima...,
Which family do humans belong to
10
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Evidence of a Common Ancestor for Living Hominids & Differences
Why is it important to show that ...,
When did the common ancestor of a...,
What are the anatomical similarit...
26
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Human Evolution from Ape-like Ancestors
What factors acted on the gene po...,
What are the main sources of evid...
2
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Fossil Evidence of Evolution from Ape-like Ancestors
What did scientists learn by stud...,
What key features of fossils did ...,
What was the most important adapt...
14
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Genetic Evidence of Evolution from Ape-like Ancestors
What kinds of dna provide evidenc...,
What does the comparison of nucle...,
What does the comparison of homin...
3
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Cultural Evidence of Evolution from Ape-like Ancestors
What is cultural evidence,
What was the next major step in h...,
What does tool making mark
15
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Major Phases in Hominin Evolution
What are the genera of tribe homi...,
What is the current hypothesis su...,
Why did hominins survive the dram...
14
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Homo
What species is regarded as the f...,
What is a characteristic develope...,
When did homo erectus originate
9
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Spread of Modern Humans around the World
What are the two main hypotheses ...,
What does the out of africa hypot...,
With what does the oaa hypothesis...
6
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Evolution in Present Times
Why can the use of antibiotics an...,
What enables populations of patho...,
What happens in the process of ev...
3
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