Sagital – A ridge of bone that runs from the top to the bottom of the skull, found in species of ape and hominids.
Savanna Hypothesis- An explanation for the evolution of hominids and their split from apes eight million to five million years ago based on changes to the environment that created more savannas in Africa.
Social Darwinism – The struggle for survival. Proposes that individuals, races, and groups are subject to natural selection.
Speciation – The creation of a new species when one group in a population can no longer reproduce with the original group.
Species – A distinct kind of organism, with a characteristic shape, size, behavior, and habitat. Composing of a population in which individuals can interbreed only with one another.
Survival of the fittest – The idea promoted by social Darwinists that because of favorable traits, some individuals are better able to survive and reproduce under environmental pressures.
Savanna Hypothesis- An explanation for the evolution of hominids and their split from apes eight million to five million years ago based on changes to the environment that created more savannas in Africa.
Social Darwinism – The struggle for survival. Proposes that individuals, races, and groups are subject to natural selection.
Speciation – The creation of a new species when one group in a population can no longer reproduce with the original group.
Species – A distinct kind of organism, with a characteristic shape, size, behavior, and habitat. Composing of a population in which individuals can interbreed only with one another.
Survival of the fittest – The idea promoted by social Darwinists that because of favorable traits, some individuals are better able to survive and reproduce under environmental pressures.