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| group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves. |
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| change in inherited characteristics over time. |
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| a process in which organisms with traits best suited to there environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. |
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| inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same species and result from a mutation in the organisms genes. |
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| the action or process of adapting or being adapted. |
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| a policy of gradual reform rather than sudden change or revolution. |
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| the hypothesis that evolutionary development is marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change. |
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| the branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development. |
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| a primate of a family ( Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors. |
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| the primate species to which modern humans belong; humans regarded as a species. |
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| that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air. |
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| the chief bishop or archbishop of a province |
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| such as the human appendix. |
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| one way to find the approximent age of fossils. |
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| emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles |
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| emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles. |
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