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2. Tried to create life from a simulated primitive atmosphere.

3. Comparative Genetics

4. Dinosaurs, mammals & birds evolve; Pangaea splits up

5. Adaptation

6. A group of organisms that are closely related and can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.

7. Alfred Wallace

8. Absolute age dating

9. A look into the past showing how species have changed.

10. Natural Selection

11. Mesozoic Era

12. Dominated by single-celled organisms

13. Cambrian Explosion

14. Gregor Mendel

15. A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

16. His similar research on natural selection pushed Darwin to publish his book “Origin of Species”

17. A timeline of Earth’s 4.6 billion year history

19. Geologic Time Scale

20. An abundance of fossils and the evolution of most of the major animal groups today.

21. An organism’s evolutionary history is held in their DNA sequence

22. Fossil Record

23. Miller / Urey Experiment

24. Uses the law of superposition to approximate rock ages.

25. Species

26. Relative age dating

27. Comparative Embryology

28. Individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully passing on their successful traits.

29. Precambrian Era

30. His work with genetics (traits) was not known by Darwin to help explain natural selection.

31. Use of radioactive decay and half lives of substances to determine the precise age of rocks.