Paleoanthropology – A profession combining paleontology and anthropology.
Paleocene Epoch – The geological period that took place between 65 million and 55 million years ago.
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) – A period that begun about two million years ago with the development of stone tools by the first pre humans and that ended about 13,000 years ago.
Paleomagnetism – The preservation of magnetic fields in rocks.
Paleontology – The study of fossils.
Pangaea – The super continent that existed before the fragmentation of present day continents.
Panmictic unit – Any population in which random breeding occurs.
Parthogenesis – The ability of certain plants and insects to reproduce without sex.
Phenetic Evolution – Changes that occur in response to environmental factors.
Phenotype – The appearance of an individual produced by the interaction of genes and environment.
Phylum – A classification or organisms with a common design or organization.
Pluripotent – Not fixed in developmental potential. Often applied to embryonic stem cells.
Population bottleneck – A dramatic change of environment such as disease or famine that reduces a populations size and genetic diversity.
Principles of faunal succession – Basic laws establishing the relationship of fossils and rock strata for dating purposes.
Proteins – Organic compounds orientalist to the functioning of living organisms.
Protist – A group of simple organisms with characteristics of both plants and animals.
Paleocene Epoch – The geological period that took place between 65 million and 55 million years ago.
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) – A period that begun about two million years ago with the development of stone tools by the first pre humans and that ended about 13,000 years ago.
Paleomagnetism – The preservation of magnetic fields in rocks.
Paleontology – The study of fossils.
Pangaea – The super continent that existed before the fragmentation of present day continents.
Panmictic unit – Any population in which random breeding occurs.
Parthogenesis – The ability of certain plants and insects to reproduce without sex.
Phenetic Evolution – Changes that occur in response to environmental factors.
Phenotype – The appearance of an individual produced by the interaction of genes and environment.
Phylum – A classification or organisms with a common design or organization.
Pluripotent – Not fixed in developmental potential. Often applied to embryonic stem cells.
Population bottleneck – A dramatic change of environment such as disease or famine that reduces a populations size and genetic diversity.
Principles of faunal succession – Basic laws establishing the relationship of fossils and rock strata for dating purposes.
Proteins – Organic compounds orientalist to the functioning of living organisms.
Protist – A group of simple organisms with characteristics of both plants and animals.