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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chromosome

Archaeology; Evolution

A structure in the cell nucleus that carries DNA. At certain times in the cell cycle, chromosomes are visible as string-like entities. Chromosomes consist of the DNA with various proteins, ...

chloroplast

Archaeology; Evolution

A structure (or organelle) found in some cells of plants; its function is photosynthesis.

Homo neanderthalensis

Archaeology; Evolution

A species of hominid that lived between 150,000 and 30,000 years ago in Europe and Western Asia, originally thought to be a geographic variant of Homo sapiens but now generally accepted to be a ...

Homo habilis

Archaeology; Evolution

A species of hominid that lived between 1. 9 and 1. 8 mya, the first species in genus Homo, and the first hominid associated with clear evidence of tool manufacture and use.

Homo erectus

Archaeology; Evolution

A species of hominid that lived between 1. 8 mya and 300,000 years ago; the first Homo species to migrate beyond Africa.

graptolite

Archaeology; Evolution

A small, colonial, often planktonic marine animal that was very abundant in the oceans 300 to 500 million years ago; now extinct.

asteroid

Archaeology; Evolution

A small rocky or metallic body orbitting the Sun. About 20,000 have been observed, ranging in size from several hundred kilometers across down to dust particles.