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Evolution

Of or pertaining to the change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.

Contributors in Evolution

Evolution

Ernst Haeckel

Archaeology; Evolution

A German biologist who lived from 1834-1919, Haeckel was the first to divide animals into protozoan (unicellular) and metazoan (multicellular) forms. His notion of recapitulation is no longer ...

Alfred Wegener

Archaeology; Evolution

A German climatologist and geophysicist whose book, The Origins of Continents and Oceans, was the first to propose the concept of continental drift (the forerunner to the theory of plate tectonics), ...

Ralph Harvey

Archaeology; Evolution

A geologist whose work includes the study of geological processes at a range of scales, from the smallest nanometer to broader-scale interpretations of the history experienced by geological ...

Poisson distribution

Archaeology; Evolution

A frequency distribution for number of events per unit time, when the number of events is determined randomly and the probability of each event is low.

social Darwinism

Archaeology; Evolution

A doctrine that applies the principles of selection to the structure of society, asserting that social structure is determined by how well people are suited to living conditions.

Francis Galton

Archaeology; Evolution

A cousin of Charles Darwin, Galton was a British explorer and anthropologist. He was known for his studies of human intelligence and later for his work in eugenics (a term he coined), the "science" ...

inference

Archaeology; Evolution

A conclusion drawn from evidence.

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