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The text explores various geological and biological concepts that explain the development and distribution of life on Earth. Strata, or layers of sediment, are significant in understanding the sudden changes in fossil varieties observed over time.
The inheritance of such a characteristic means its reappearance in one or more individuals in the next or in succeeding generations
Homeobox
genes orchestrated the development of the body plan in all animals.
Analogous
performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds
Homologous
Structures that are anatomically similar because they are inherited from a common ancestor
Transitional Fossils
a fossil that exhibits characteristics of both ancestral and derived forms
Fossils
the remains and traces of past life or any other direct evidence of past life
Artificial Selection
human-controlled breeding to increase the frequency of desired traits
Adaption
any evolved trait that helps an organism be more suited to its environment.
Fitness
the reproductive success of an individual relative to other members of a population
Natural Selection
the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
Biogeography
the study of the range and geographic distribution of lifeforms in different places throughout the world, as well as how and when they came to the distributed as they are today.
Uniformitarianism
stated that the natural process witnessed today are the same process that occurred in the past.
Catastrophism
the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted chiefly from sudden violent and unusual event subtopic
Strata
the assembly of fossil varieties changed suddenly between different different layers of sediment
Extant
still in existence
Paleontology
the study of fossils
Vestigial Structure
anatomical structures that apparently functioned in and ancestor but have since lost most or all of their function
Evolution
the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth