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Evolution unfolds over many generations.

Gradual process

The driving force behind evolution.

Genetic variation

Published 'On the Origin of Species' in the year 1859.

Charles Darwin

A behavior where an individual helps others at a cost to itself to increase the chances of shared genes being passed on.

Altruism

A species that shares a common ancestor with humans.

Chimpanzees

A fundamental concept in biology, referring to the way life CHANGES over time.

Evolution

Characteristics that become more or less common in a population depending on their impact on survival and reproduction.

Traits

Argued that natural selection favors the passing on of GENES, even if it means sacrificing the individual organism.

Richard Dawkins

The species to which humans belong.

Homo sapiens

Depends on the amount of GENETIC VARIATION within a population.

Speed of evolution

What is Ms. Hurley's favorite color(s)

blue and green

Can evolve if two populations of the same species are exposed to very different selective agents.

Different species

Evolution is not just about individual survival but also about the survival of GENES.

Survival of genes

Proposed the theory of natural selection as the mechanism driving evolution.

Alfred Russel Wallace

The study of how EVOLUTION occurs.

Evolutionary biology

Where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection.

Galapagos Islands

Anything in the environment that affects which traits are helpful or harmful.

Selective agent

The scientific study of human evolution.

Paleoanthropology

The change in inherited traits within a population over generations.

Evolution

The process where individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Natural Selection

An organism's ability to pass its genes to the next generation.

Evolutionary fitness