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Most fossils are found in these types of rocks

sedimentary

Type of fossil a leaf print is

Trace fossil

Petrified wood is this type of fossil

permineralized

Fossils that are used to gauge time

Index fossils

A sample that is ½ C-12 and ½ C-14 is approximately how old?

5700 years

The age of the earth

4.6 billion yrs

DAILY DOUBLE the hypothesis used to describe the formation of our solar system

The Nebula Hypothesis

These scientists experimented on conditions simulating the early earth

Miller and Urey

The first genetic material

RNA

In the lipid membrane hypothesis, these act as barriers between organic molecules and the environment

liposomes

These bacteria added oxygen to the earth

cyanobacteria

The process that explains that mitochondria and chloroplasts were engulfed prokaryotes

endosymbiosis

The Age of the Reptiles

Mesozoic Era

DAILY DOUBLE During the Cenozoic Era, these underwent the most dramatic radiation

mammals

The earliest evidences of bacteria are found in

Color-banded rocks or stromatolites

Monkeys and Humans are in this group of mammals

primates

What group is the oldest living primate group?

prosimians

The closest relative to us

chimpanzees

Modern humans arose how many yrs ago?

200,000

An important adaptive advantage for humans over the apes and monkeys

bipedalism

This scientist is the father of classification

Linnaeus

In the 5-kingdom system, the kingdom of prokaryotes

Monera

Evolutionary history of a group

phylogeny

This domain contains prokaryotes that live in extreme conditions

Archaea

Molecular clocks used to group organisms are based on

mutations