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What is the term for the now-discredited theory that acquired traits can be inherited?
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Lamarckism
What is the biological term for a group of organisms that can interbreed?
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Species
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What is the scientific study of fossils called?
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Paleontology
Which group of mammals carries their young in a pouch?
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Marsupials
Which geological era is known as the 'Age of Dinosaurs'?
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Mesozoic
What term describes the process of unrelated species evolving similar traits due to similar environments?
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Convergent evolution
What is the name of the 20th-century synthesis of evolution and genetics?
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Modern synthesis
Which paleontologist co-proposed punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge?
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Stephen Jay Gould
Which Cambrian fossil site in Canada is famous for soft-bodied preservation?
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Burgess Shale