Evolution

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.

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cladism

Archaeology; Evolution

Phylogenetic classification. The members of a group in a cladistic classification share a more recent common ancestor with one another than with the members of any other group. A group at any level ...

Daniel Dennett

Archaeology; Evolution

Philosopher and director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, whose work unites neuroscience, computer science, and evolutionary biology. Dennett sees no basic distinction between ...

heritable

Archaeology; Evolution

Partly or wholly determined by genes; capable of being passed from an individual to its offspring.

Michael J. Novacek

Archaeology; Evolution

Paleontologist with the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Novacek's research interests include evolution of and relationships among organisms, particularly mammals. He is the author of ...

David Jablonski

Archaeology; Evolution

Paleontologist and professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences of the University of Chicago. His research emphasizes combining data from living and fossil organisms to study the origins ...

Ted Daeschler

Archaeology; Evolution

Paleontologist and associate research curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences. Discoverer of late Devonian limbed fossils Hynerpeton bassetti and Designathus rowei (tetrapods) and Sauripterus ...

Simon Conway Morris

Archaeology; Evolution

Paleobiologist and professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University in the U. K. His research centers around the early evolution of the metazoans, and he is a leading authority ...