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paleontology
DNA sequence comparison
systematics
cladistics
cladogram
clade
derived character
shared ancestor
geological timescale
compression fossil
impression fossil
petrifaction
relative dating
absolute dating
radiometric dating
radioactive isotope
radioactive decay
half-life
carbon 12
carbon 14
potassium- argon
comparative anatomy
homologies
analogous structures
homologous structures
vestigial structures
HOX gene
embryo
highly conserved
karyotypes
chromosomal bands
chromosomal patterns
synteny
amino acid sequence
cytochrome c
DNA hybridization
noncoding regions
molecular clock
mitochondrial DNA
out of Africa hypothesis







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