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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Charles Lyell

Archaeology; Evolution

A 19th-century scientist considered a father of modern geology. Lyell proposed that the geology of Earth is shaped by gradual processes, such as erosion and sedimentation. Lyell's ideas, expressed in ...

postulate

Archaeology; Evolution

A basic principle.

Amy Parish

Archaeology; Evolution

A biological anthropologist and primatologist whose research focuses on the social behavior of bonobos ("pygmy chimpanzees," or Pan paniscus). In addition to comparative work with chimpanzees (Pan ...

Marion Petrie

Archaeology; Evolution

A behavioral ecologist at the University of Newcastle in the U. K. , Dr. Petrie's research interests include the links between sexual selection and speciation, and how males and females assess ...

Richard Owen

Archaeology; Evolution

A 19th-century British comparative anatomist, who coined the word "dinosaur" to describe a breed of large, extinct reptiles. He was the first to propose that dinosaurs were a separate taxonomic ...

neo-Darwinism

Archaeology; Evolution

(1) Darwin's theory of natural selection plus Mendelian inheritance. (2) The larger body of evolutionary thought that was inspired by the unification of natural selection and Mendelism. A synonym of ...

Stephen J. O'Brien

Archaeology; Evolution

A geneticist at the National Cancer Institute whose research interests include the evolutionary history of the immunological response in mammals to retroviruses like HIV. With his colleagues, he ...