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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
Recognition species concept
Archaeology; Evolution
A concept of species according to which a species is a set of organisms that recognise one another as potential mates; they have a shared mate recognition system. Compare with biological species ...
Mimicry
Archaeology; Evolution
A case in which one species looks more or less similar to another species. See Batesian mimicry and Müllerian mimicry.
Ralph Harvey
Archaeology; Evolution
A geologist whose work includes the study of geological processes at a range of scales, from the smallest nanometer to broader-scale interpretations of the history experienced by geological ...
Poisson distribution
Archaeology; Evolution
A frequency distribution for number of events per unit time, when the number of events is determined randomly and the probability of each event is low.
Social Darwinism
Archaeology; Evolution
A doctrine that applies the principles of selection to the structure of society, asserting that social structure is determined by how well people are suited to living conditions.
Francis Galton
Archaeology; Evolution
A cousin of Charles Darwin, Galton was a British explorer and anthropologist. He was known for his studies of human intelligence and later for his work in eugenics (a term he coined), the "science" ...
DNA base sequence
Archaeology; Evolution
A chain of repeating units of deoxyribonucleotides (adenine, guanine, cytosice, thymine) arranged in a particular pattern.