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Discuss Several Reasons Why the First Australopithecus Africanus (Taung) Was

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Discuss several reasons why the first Australopithecus africanus (Taung) was not fully accepted by scientists as being in our lineage.


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Survival Of The Fittest

A concept in natural selection that suggests that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Epigenetics

Epigenetics studies the chemical modifications to DNA and related proteins that affect gene expression without altering the DNA sequence, often in response to environmental factors.

Genetic Mapping

The process of determining the location and chemical sequence of specific genes on chromosomes.

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