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5.1 Evidence for Evolution

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What is evolution?

The cumulative change in the heritable characteristics of a population

What is cumulative change?

Small change over many generations

What are heritable characteristics?

Gene-controlled factors

What is a simple definition of 'a population' in the context of evolution?

Not an individual

Are these characteristics acquired over a lifetime?

No, they are heritable traits or alleles in an organism's DNA

Name 3 sources of evidence to support the theory of evolution

The Fossil Record, Selective Breeding, Comparative Anatomy

What are fossils?

The preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the past

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