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Convergent
Common features in animals which have not had a common ancestor
Coevolution
When two different organisms impact each others evolution
Punctuated Equilibrium
Long periods of time without change and then a sudden spike of change.
Divergent Evolution
When two animals from a common ancestor evolve to have different features
Gradualism
When species gradually evolve over time.
Darwins Theory of Evolution
Darwin believes that all life on Earth is connected and that organisms evolved because of natural selection
Charles Lyell
Uniformatism
The same processes that took place years ago took place now. The Earth is very old.
Lamarck
Thought use.misuse of a body part caused it to grow or disappear
Malthus
Argued that population growing unchecked would lead to starvation and death
Hutton
Thought the Earth was millions of years old
Cuvier
Species evolve after disasters
4 conditions for natural selection to occur
Variation: Individuals in a population must have different traits.
Overpopulation
A disadvantage of a variation
Evidence of Evolution
fossil, homologous,analogous, biogeography, vestigial,embryology, macromolecule
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