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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.
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parthenogenesis
Archaeology; Evolution
Development from an egg cell that has not been fertilized. The term for a certain form of asexual reproduction that is found in some lizards, insects (notably among aphids), and certain other ...
Sean Carroll
Archaeology; Evolution
Developmental geneticist with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From the large-scale changes that distinguish major animal groups to the finely ...
Darwinism
Archaeology; Evolution
Darwin's theory that species originated by evolution from other species and that evolution is mainly driven by natural selection. Differs from neo-Darwinism mainly in that Darwin did not know about ...
evolution
Archaeology; Evolution
Darwin defined this term as "descent with modification. " It is the change in a lineage of populations between generations. In general terms, biological evolution is the process of change by which ...
lycophyte
Archaeology; Evolution
Commonly known as club mosses, lycophytes were among the first seedless plants to appear on Earth. Along with horsetails and ferns, these made the planet more hospitable for the first animals.
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