What is the name of the theory that evolution proceeds in rapid bursts separated by long stable periods?
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Punctuated equilibrium
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What is the name of the theory that evolution proceeds in rapid bursts separated by long stable periods?
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Punctuated equilibrium
Which ancient human species was first discovered in the Denisova Cave in 2008?
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Denisovans
In what year was Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' first published?
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1859
Which naturalist described mimicry now named after him?
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Henry Walter Bates
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Who coined the term 'survival of the fittest'?
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Herbert Spencer
Which naturalist described mimicry now named after him?
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Henry Walter Bates
What is the name of the phenomenon where animals evolve smaller body size on islands?
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Insular dwarfism
Which geneticist coined the term 'genetic drift'?
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Sewall Wright
Who proposed the germ plasm theory of inheritance?
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August Weismann
Which English biologist wrote 'The Selfish Gene'?
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Richard Dawkins
What is the name of the oldest known hominid fossil, dated to 7 million years ago?
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Which type of selection reduces variation by eliminating extreme phenotypes?
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Stabilizing selection