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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
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.
Tuberculosis
Archaeology; Evolution
An infection of the lungs, accompanied by fever and a loss of appetite, caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Geerat J. Vermeij
Archaeology; Evolution
Biologist at the centre for Population Biology of the University of California, Davis, and author of Privileged Hands: A Scientific Life. Vermeij, blind since age 3, combines autobiography and ...
Peter and Rosemary Grant
Archaeology; Evolution
Biologists whose long-term research focuses on finches in the Galapagos Islands, and the evolutionary impact of climatic and environmental changes on their populations. They live part of the year in ...
Geoffrey Miller
Archaeology; Evolution
Author of The Mating Mind, Miller is known for his research on evolutionary psychology and sexual selection. He believes that our minds evolved not only as survival machines, but also as courtship ...
