Evolutionary Biology Quiz #1 Medium

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What evolutionary process can favour behaviours that are helpful?	Kin selection
What ship did Charles Darwin travel on to survey the coasts and islands of South America?	HMS Beagle
What term describes species evolving in response to interactions with each other?	Coevolution
Through what process do humans "manipulate" evolution to produce desirable traits?	Selective breeding
Some experts have called for a new geological age characterized by intensive human activity. What is it called?	Anthropocene
An "explosion" of animal diversity occurred in what period around 500 million years ago?	Cambrian period
We can see evolution in real time, for example, in bacteria via what phenomenon?	Antibiotic resistance
What is the name for a body part that has lost all or most of its function?	Vestigial
What term describes the survival and reproductive success of an organism?	Fitness
What is it called when two or more species evolve similar traits independently?	Convergent evolution
An example of the above is the cephalopod ___, which is similar to that of a mammal.	Eye
Who popularised the gene-centered view of evolution in The Selfish Gene?	Richard Dawkins
Fossils showing change over time can be found in layers of rock known as what?	Strata
What group of marine mammals, including whales, evolved from land-living ancestors?	Cetaceans
Chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest living relatives. To what genus do they belong?	Pan