The process in which a living thing changes slightly over time to be able to continue to exist in a particular environment.
ADAPTATION
The process that results in the continued existence of only the types of animals and plants that are best able to adapt themselves to the environment in which they are.
NATURAL SELECTION
A situation in which something no longer exists.
EXTINCTION
The way in which living things change and develop over millions of years.
EVOLUTION
The thing from which something comes, or the place where it began.
ORIGIN
To continue to live or exist.
SURVIVE
What helped early humans’ cognitive abilities develop the most?
MAKING WEAPONS
An animal or a person that eats both plants and meat.
OMNIVORE
The practice or work of farming.
AGRICULTURE
What is the cause of the difficulty early humans had in finding plants to eat?
UNEXPECTED CLIMATE CHANGES/SUDDEN RISES AND FALLS IN TEMPERATURE
An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people left behind.
ARCHAELOGIST
Overproduction, variation, adaptation, and _____________ - are the 4 conditions for natural selection to occur.
FITTNESS
If species do not evolve, they become _____________.
EXTINCT
True or False: All living things evolved from single celled organisms.
TRUE
True or False: Humans evolve from monkeys.
FALSE. Humans are not descended from monkeys or any other primate living today. We do share a common ape ancestor with chimpanzees. It lived between 8 and 6 mil
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other.
SPECIEs
