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A fundamental concept in biology, referring to the way life CHANGES over time.
Evolution
The study of how EVOLUTION occurs.
Evolutionary biology
The driving force behind evolution.
Genetic variation
The process where individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Natural Selection
Evolution unfolds over many generations.
Gradual process
The species to which humans belong.
Homo sapiens
A species that shares a common ancestor with humans.
Chimpanzees
The scientific study of human evolution.
Paleoanthropology
Published 'On the Origin of Species' in the year 1859.
Charles Darwin
Proposed the theory of natural selection as the mechanism driving evolution.
Alfred Russel Wallace
Characteristics that become more or less common in a population depending on their impact on survival and reproduction.
Traits
An organism's ability to pass its genes to the next generation.
Evolutionary fitness
Anything in the environment that affects which traits are helpful or harmful.
Selective agent
Can evolve if two populations of the same species are exposed to very different selective agents.
Different species
Where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection.
Galapagos Islands
Depends on the amount of GENETIC VARIATION within a population.
Speed of evolution
