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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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Evolution
nervous system
Archaeology; Evolution
An organ system, composed of a network of cells called neurons, that allows an animal to monitor its internal and external environment, and to move voluntarily or in response to stimulation.
Yoel Rak
Archaeology; Evolution
An Israeli paleoanthropologist and anatomist whose research interests include facial morphology of fossil hominids. Rak was part of the team that found a 2. 3-million-year-old skull fragment from the ...
artifact
Archaeology; Evolution
An object made by humans that has been preserved and can be studied to learn about a particular time period.
contrivance
Archaeology; Evolution
An object or characteristic used or modified to do something different from its usual use.
mollusk
Archaeology; Evolution
An invertebrate that has a fleshy, muscular body. The phylum Mollusca includes snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
trilobite
Archaeology; Evolution
An extinct marine arthropod common from the Cambrian to Permian eras (570-245 million years ago). Trilobite fossils are abundant in rocks of this period. Trilobites were 10-675 mm long, and their ...
epistasis
Archaeology; Evolution
An interaction between the genes at two or more loci, such that the phenotype differs from at would be expected if the loci were expressed independently.
