Natural Selection and Evolution - Part 3 (Week 9) Flashcards

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What happened on the voyage of the beagle?

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  • observation of fossils resembling living species from the same region
  • living species resembled other species from nearby regions
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What is natural selection?

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  • process in which individuals with favourable inherited traits = more likely to survive + reproduce
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In what year was the Origin of Species published?

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1859

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