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- Created on: 06-05-19 21:29
1. What is Catastrophism?
- A post darwin theory that only big events changed the look of fossils in rocks and earths structure
- The pre-evolutionary theory that only big events changed the look of fossils in rocks and earths structure
- Only catastrophic events caused individuals to change due to a decrease in the population and loss of other genes
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2. What is the correct opposition to the idea of Gradualism?
- Most fossil records don't show intermediate forms of evolving fossils
- The sudden appearance of new species in the fossil record are very rare to find
- Species alive today still resemble extinct forms so evolution can not always be happening gradually
3. Which lineage of the Hominoid family did Lucy the skeleton belong to?
- Anthropoid Hominid
- Gracile Hominid
- Robust Hominid
4. Which term is associated with the bursts of evolutionary change in Turkana Snails after long periods of no change?
- Macroevolution
- Punctuated equilibrium
- Gradualism
5. What is Macroevolution?
- species evolving due to change in the environment
- patterns in the change of species composition over time
- change in allele frequencies overtime
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