ANTH 122 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Epigenetics, East African Rift, Homininae
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Evolution is based on cooperation (evo-devo: extra-genetic inheritance (acquired traits can be inherited, epigenetics, phenotypic plasticity, niche construction, evolvalbility, developmental bias, 3. 8 short essay questions: compare and contrast australopithecines with early homo. Whereas: absolute dating is the process of determining an age on a specified chronology in archaeology and geology. What did he mean by this, and how does it contrast with a gradualistic view of evolutionary change: gradualism and punctuated equilibrium are two ways in which the evolution of a species can occur. A species can evolve by only one of these, or by both. Scientists think that species with a shorter evolution evolved mostly by punctuated equilibrium, and those with a longer evolution evolved mostly by gradualism: gradualism is selection and variation that happens more gradually. Over a short period of time it is hard to notice.
