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Evolution
- Apparent change in species
over time is called evolution
- defined as a genetic change in the
characteristics of a species over
many generations, resulting in the
formation of new species
- A Generation is the time between
the birth of an individual and
when that individual produces
offspring of its own.
- EXAMPLE : The fossil history of the horse has
created changes over many generations. Fossil
skeletons have been found of a horse-like
animal that was about the size of a small dog.
The scientific name of the species of horse is
called the Hyracotherium.
- English naturalist Charles
Darwin (b.1890 - 1882) developed
his idea of evolution
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