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What is the name of the extinct group of flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs?
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pterosaurs
What is the term for the evolutionary hypothesis that proposes rapid bursts of change separated by long periods of stasis?
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punctuated equilibrium
What is the name of the long-term evolution experiment with E. coli that has been running since 1988?
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Lenski's experiment
Which living reptiles are the closest living relatives of birds?
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crocodilians
What is the name of the transitional fossil between fish and tetrapods, discovered in Canada in 2004?
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Tiktaalik
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What is the name of the long-term evolution experiment with E. coli that has been running since 1988?
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Lenski's experiment
Which living reptiles are the closest living relatives of birds?
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crocodilians
Which mass extinction event is known as the 'Great Dying' and occurred about 252 million years ago?
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Permian-Triassic extinction
What term describes structures in different species that are similar due to common ancestry?
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homologous structures
What is the name of the first known bird, which lived during the Jurassic period?
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Archaeopteryx
Which scientist proposed natural selection independently of Charles Darwin?
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Alfred Russel Wallace