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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
Cenozoic
Archaeology; Evolution
The era of geologic time from 65 mya to the present, a time when the modern continents formed and modern animals and plants evolved.
Orthogenesis
Archaeology; Evolution
The erroneous idea that species tend to evolve in a fixed direction because of some inherent force driving them to do so.
Convergent evolution
Archaeology; Evolution
The evolution of species from different taxonomic groups toward a similar form; the development of similar characteristics by taxonomically different organisms.
Cope's rule
Archaeology; Evolution
The evolutionary increase in body size over geological time in a lineage of populations.
Wild type
Archaeology; Evolution
The genotype or phenotype, out of a set of genotypes or phenotypes of a species, that is found in nature. The expression is mainly used in lab genetics to distinguish rare mutant forms of a species ...
Amniotes
Archaeology; Evolution
The group of reptiles, birds, and mammals. These all develop through an embryo that is enclosed within a membrane called an amnion. The amnion surrounds the embryo with a watery substance, and is ...
Vertebrates
Archaeology; Evolution
The group (specifically, a subphylum) of animals, descended from a common ancestor, that share the derived character of an internal skeleton made of bone or cartilage.
