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Common terms and phrasesacquired adaptedness adaptive zone Africa alleles animals apes asexual australopithecines bacteria basic behavior Bilateria bipedal birds body plan brain called Cambrian cell Chapter characteristics characters chimpanzee chromosomes common ancestor common descent Darwin Darwinian descendants Deuterostomia dinosaurs elimination environment eukaryotes evidence evolutionary change evolutionists evolved existence explained fauna fertilized fishes fossil record founder population function fungi gametes gene flow genetic genome genotype geographical gradual higher taxa hominid Homo homologous Hox genes human hybrid individuals instance interactions isolating mechanisms kinds mammals mass extinction mate Mayr meiosis million years ago molecular clock molecules morphological mosaic evolution multicellular mutation natural selection niche occur organisms origin parental species particularly phenotype phyla phyletic lineage phylogeny plants population thinking produced prokaryotes proteins protists Protostomia reptiles sexual reproduction similar species concept strata structure survival sympatric speciation taxa taxon theories of evolution tion typological variable variation vertebrates zygote Bibliographic information |