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... evolutionary change . A characteristic that is variable ( 1 ) often shows a bell - shaped distribution - individuals vary on either side of the average . Evolutionary change ( 2 ) consists of a shift in successive generations , after ...
... evolutionary change . A characteristic that is variable ( 1 ) often shows a bell - shaped distribution - individuals vary on either side of the average . Evolutionary change ( 2 ) consists of a shift in successive generations , after ...
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... evolutionary changes and form new species . Rapid evolution would therefore ... change can occur in twenty or thirty generations - far , far less than the ... change from one species to another in the course of a few hundred thousand ...
... evolutionary changes and form new species . Rapid evolution would therefore ... change can occur in twenty or thirty generations - far , far less than the ... change from one species to another in the course of a few hundred thousand ...
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... Evolutionary change requires at least two ingredients - muta- tion and either genetic drift or natural selection . Creationists often accuse biologists of attributing all of evolution to chance , and this would be true if mutation were ...
... Evolutionary change requires at least two ingredients - muta- tion and either genetic drift or natural selection . Creationists often accuse biologists of attributing all of evolution to chance , and this would be true if mutation were ...
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REASON UNDER FIRE | 3 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 44 |
HUMAN EVOLUTION | 73 |
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