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Human Biology - Biodiversity and Evolution
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- 1BIODIVERSITYThe number, variety and variability of living organisms on the planet
- 2EXTINCTIONThe loss of species
- 3EVOLUTIONThe process by which new species are formed from pre-existing ones over very long periods of time
- 4ADAPTIVE RADIATIONThe emergence of several new species from a common ancestor introduced into an environment
- 5TAXONOMYThe scientific study of the diversity of living organisms
- 6TAXONA Level in the classification hierarchy consisting of a collection of organisms sharing some basic features
- 7SPECIESA group of similar organisms that can breed together to produce fertile offspring
- 8FOSSILThe preserved dead remains of plants and animals
- 9PALAEONTOLOGYThe study of plants and animals of the geological past, as represented by their fossil remains
- 10CONTINENTAL DRIFTThe movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other by appearing to drift across the ocean bed
- 11PHYLOGENYThe evolutionary relationship between organisms
- 12CRANIUMThe part of the skeleton which encases the brain
- 13GENE POOLThe total number of alleles in a particular population at a particular time
- 14CONVERGENT EVOLUTIONThe tendency of unrelated organisms to acquire similar structures
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