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BIO 171 Module 3 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed) Did humans evolve from monkeys? - Answers No, but they share a common ancestor Evolution - Answers Mechanism that explains how species change over time Adaptation - Answers Heritable trait/behavior that aids ...

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BIO 171 Module 3 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed)

Did humans evolve from monkeys? - Answers No, but they share a common ancestor

Evolution - Answers Mechanism that explains how species change over time

Adaptation - Answers Heritable trait/behavior that aids in the survival and reproduction of an organism
in its present environment

Species - Answers Group of individual organisms that interbreed and produce fertile, viable offspring

Population - Answers Group of individuals that share a gene pool and includes individuals with different
sets of alleles (gene variants)

Aristotle (300 BC) - Answers Created an early list of approx. 500 species

Linnaeus (1750) - Answers Invented modern taxonomy, genius species naming, found 4400 species in
systemae naturae

Buffon (1750) - Answers Linnaeus competitor

Cuvier (1800) - Answers Discovered extinction happens

Anning (1820) - Answers Early fossil discoveries

Lamarckian evolution (pre Darwin) - Answers Aquifer by the organism during its lifetime

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - Answers Developed the theory of evolution by natural selection

Natural selection - Answers Individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce
at higher rates than individuals that dont

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1923) - Answers Explored South America/pacific. Studied species diversity
and biogeography

Evidence for evolution - Answers Direct observations, the fossil record, anatomy and embryology,
biogeography, molecular biology

Microevolution - Answers Small scale changes over small numbers of generations

Macroevolution - Answers Larger scale changes (new traits, body parts, etc) over large numbers of
generations

Biological species concept - Answers A species is a group of organisms that can interbreed in nature and
produce viable, fertile offspring

Trilobites - Answers extinct marine arthropods, highly speciose, 550-250 MYBP

morphological species concept - Answers Fossil species identification relies on this

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