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| Natural Selection | is that a population of organisms can change over the generations if individuals having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other individuals. |
| Evolutionary Adaptation | a prevalence of inherited characteristics that enhance organisms' survival and reproduction in specific environments. |
| Evolution | the genetic composition of the population had changed over time |
| Natural Theology | a philosophy dedicated to discovering the Creator's plan by studying nature |
| Taxonomy | the branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life |
| Fossils | are relics or impressions of organisms from the past, preserved in rock |
| Sedimentary rocks | formed from the sand and mud that settle to the bottom of seas, lakes, and marshes |
| Paleontology | the study of fossils, was largely developed by French anatomist Georges Cuvier |
| Catastrophism | speculating that each boundary between strata corresponded in time to a catastrophe |
| Gradualism | which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous processes |
| Uniformitarianism | the term refers to Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed throughout Earth's history. |
| Descent with modification | a phrase that condensed his view of life |
| Artificial selection | the breeding of domesticated plants and animals. |
| Homology | similarity in characteristics resulting from common ancestry |
| Homologous structures | such anatomical signs of evolution |
| Vestigial organs | structures of marginal, if any, importance to the organism |
| Biogeography | first suggested evolution to Darwin |
| Endemic | which means they are found nowhere else in the world |
