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1 | | LI00001.HTM | The History of Life | {<IN/LIN0100.htm>Introduction},{<BE/LBE0000.htm>Brain Elastic},{<ID/LID0000.htm>Ideas},{<GL/LGL0000.htm>Glossary},{<ED/LED0000.htm>Index of educational materials}, |
2 | BE | LBE0000.HTM | Brain Elastic - bend me shape me! | |
3 | BE | LBE0100.HTM | If evolution's so clever, what's the point of half an eye? | {<LBE0101.htm>A traditional argument against evolution},{<LBE0102.htm>Half an eye is fantastically useful},{<LBE0103.htm>Trevor's story},{<LBE0104.htm>The importance of time}, |
4 | BE | LBE0101.HTM | A traditional argument against evolution | |
5 | BE | LBE0102.HTM | Half an eye is fantastically useful | |
6 | BE | LBE0103.HTM | Trevor's story | |
7 | BE | LBE0104.HTM | The importance of time | |
8 | BE | LBE0105.HTM | Small changes, big changes | , |
9 | BE | LBE0106.HTM | Some good books on this | |
10 | BE | LBE0200.HTM | What is life anyway? | {<LBE0201.htm>Distinguishing life from - what?},{<LBE0202.htm>Defining life},{<LBE0203.htm>The shopping list},{<LBE0205.htm>Life and evolution},{<LBE0206.htm>Computers and life},{<LBE0207.htm>Good books}, |
11 | BE | LBE0201.HTM | Distinguishing life from - what? | |
12 | BE | LBE0202.HTM | Defining life | |
13 | BE | LBE0203.HTM | The shopping list | |
14 | BE | LBE0204.HTM | Lovelock's search for life | |
15 | BE | LBE0205.HTM | Life and evolution | |
16 | BE | LBE0206.HTM | Computers and life | |
17 | BE | LBE0207.HTM | Some good books on this | |
18 | BE | LBE0300.HTM | How do I get on in life? | {<LBE0301.htm>Competition is at the root of natural selection},{<LBE0304.htm>Game theory},{<LBE0305.htm>The prisoner's dilemma},{<LBE0306.htm>Evolutionarily stable strategies},{<LBE0307.htm>Some good books on this}, |
19 | BE | LBE0301.HTM | Competition is at the root of natural selection | |
20 | BE | LBE0302.HTM | Do the better, faster, stronger win? | , |
21 | BE | LBE0303.HTM | Who to kill? | , |
22 | BE | LBE0304.HTM | Game theory | |
23 | BE | LBE0305.HTM | The prisoner's dilemma | |
24 | BE | LBE0306.HTM | Evolutionarily stable strategies | |
25 | BE | LBE0307.HTM | Some good books on this | |
26 | BE | LBE0400.HTM | What will aliens look like when we see them? | |
27 | BE | LBE0401.HTM | What are aliens? | |
28 | BE | LBE0402.HTM | What are the chances of there being aliens? | |
29 | BE | LBE0403.HTM | What will they look like? | |
30 | BE | LBE0404.HTM | Is evolution universal? | , |
31 | BE | LBE0405.HTM | Finding good design solutions | , |
32 | BE | LBE0406.HTM | Hi, we're from Mars | |
33 | BE | LBE04065.HTM | Those Martian life pics. | |
34 | BE | LBE0407.HTM | Carbon-based life forms | |
35 | BE | LBE0408.HTM | Some good books on aliens | |
36 | BE | LBE0500.HTM | If I cloned myself would I have a friend at last? | |
37 | BE | LBE0501.HTM | What is cloning? | |
38 | BE | LBE0502.HTM | Isn't it science fiction? | |
39 | BE | LBE0503.HTM | What's all this Dolly stuff? | |
40 | BE | LBE0504.HTM | Why is Dolly so important? | , |
41 | BE | LBE0505.HTM | Why bother with it all? | |
42 | BE | LBE0506.HTM | Moral issues in cloning | |
43 | BE | LBE0507.HTM | Nature versus nurture again | |
44 | BE | LBE0508.HTM | Some good books on cloning | |
45 | BE | LBE0600.HTM | So what's artificial life? | |
46 | BE | LBE0601.HTM | What else is there apart from real life? | |
47 | BE | LBE0602.HTM | Computers and artificial life | |
48 | BE | LBE06025.HTM | Conway's Game of Life | |
49 | BE | LBE0603.HTM | Isn't "artificial life" just "life"? | , |
50 | BE | LBE0604.HTM | Viruses: life or not life? | |
51 | BE | LBE0605.HTM | Computer viruses: life or not life? | Are {<../GL/LGLc070.HTM>computer viruses} life? , ,That's one for you to think about! ({<LBE0604.htm>Are viruses alive}_?), |
52 | BE | LBE0606.HTM | What's the future for computer viruses? | , |
53 | BE | LBE0607.HTM | Some good books on this | |
54 | BE | LBE0700.HTM | What's the point of sex? | {<LBE0701.htm>What is sex?},{<LBE0702.htm>What are the alternatives?},{<LBE0703.htm>Sex is very wasteful},{<LBE0704.htm>If sex is so wasteful, why bother?},{<LBE0705.htm>Some good books on this}, |
55 | BE | LBE0701.HTM | What is sex? | |
56 | BE | LBE0702.HTM | What are the alternatives? | |
57 | BE | LBE0703.HTM | Sex is very wasteful | |
58 | BE | LBE0704.HTM | If sex is so wasteful, why bother? | |
59 | BE | LBE0705.HTM | Some good books on this | |
60 | BE | LBE0800.HTM | Are humans inevitable? | |
61 | BE | LBE0801.HTM | Evolution and destiny | |
62 | BE | LBE0802.HTM | Design, intention and God | |
63 | BE | LBE0803.HTM | Winding the clock back | |
64 | BE | LBE0804.HTM | Things like us | |
65 | BE | LBE0805.HTM | Good design solutions again | |
66 | BE | LBE08055.HTM | - or chance outcomes? | |
67 | BE | LBE0806.HTM | Some good books on this | |
68 | ED | LED0000.HTM | Index of Educational Materials | |
69 | ED | LED0100.HTM | The History of Life as a educational tool | |
70 | ED | LED0200.HTM | The aims of the Educational Index | |
71 | ED | LED0300.HTM | How the Educational Index works | |
72 | ED | LED0400.HTM | The content of The History of Life | |
73 | ED | LED0500.HTM | KS Three Educational Index | |
74 | ED | LED0600.HTM | KS Four GCSE Educational Index | Topics covered include:, ,{<LED0604.htm>Life},{<LED0601.htm>Evolution},{<LED0602.htm>Genes, chromosomes, heredity and reproduction},{<LED0603.htm>Classification}, |
75 | ED | LED0601.HTM | Evolution | |
76 | ED | LED0602.HTM | Genes, chromosomes, heredity and reproduction | |
77 | ED | LED0603.HTM | Classification | |
78 | ED | LED0604.HTM | Life | |
79 | ED | LED0605.HTM | DNA | , |
80 | ED | LED0700.HTM | A-Level and FE Educational Index | Topics covered include:, ,{<LED0704.htm>What is life?},{<LED0701.htm>Evolution},{<LED0702.htm>Variation and inheritance},{<LED0705.htm>DNA},{<LED0703.htm>Systematics}, |
81 | ED | LED0701.HTM | Evolution | |
82 | ED | LED0702.HTM | Variation and inheritance | |
83 | ED | LED0703.HTM | Systematics | |
84 | ED | LED0704.HTM | What is life? | |
85 | ED | LED0705.HTM | DNA | |
86 | ED | LED0800.HTM | The Web Site and Educational Pack | |
87 | ED | LED0900.HTM | Further information | |
88 | GL | LGL0000.HTM | Welcome to the Glossary! | |
89 | GL | LGLA000.HTM | Glossary A | |
90 | GL | LGLA001.HTM | abdomen | |
91 | GL | LGLA002.HTM | abiological | Abiological means 'not biological'. So for example an abiological process is a process that takes place independently of biological or biochemical systems., |
92 | GL | LGLA003.HTM | abiotic | Abiotic means without the presence of {<LGLl014.HTM>life}_. A shoe is abiotic, but a rabbit isn't. Rabbits are in fact the opposite of abiotic, which is {<LGLb034.HTM>biotic}_., |
93 | GL | LGLA004.HTM | aboriginal | |
94 | GL | LGLA005.HTM | absolute dating | |
95 | GL | LGLA006.HTM | acclimatisation | |
96 | GL | LGLA007.HTM | acid rain | |
97 | GL | LGLA008.HTM | acquired characteristics | |
98 | GL | LGLA009.HTM | acquired traits | See {<LGLa008.HTM>acquired characteristics}_., |
99 | GL | LGLA010.HTM | adaptation | |
100 | GL | LGLA011.HTM | adaptive change | |
101 | GL | LGLA012.HTM | adaptive peak | , |
102 | GL | LGLA013.HTM | adaptive radiation | |
103 | GL | LGLA014.HTM | adenine | |
104 | GL | LGLA015.HTM | adenosine triphosphate | |
105 | GL | LGLA016.HTM | aeon | An aeon is 1,000 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years (which is also one {<LGLb017.HTM>billion} years). , ,So when they say 'many aeons ago' in {<LGLs060.HTM>Star Trek}_, what they really mean is 'quite a long time ago'., |
106 | GL | LGLA017.HTM | aerobic | |
107 | GL | LGLA018.HTM | ageing | The process of getting old. You've probably experienced something like this. , ,When you're really young, being older seems like a good thing. When you're older it somehow seems less good., |
108 | GL | LGLA019.HTM | agnatha | |
109 | GL | LGLA020.HTM | albedo | , |
110 | GL | LGLA021.HTM | Alcmaeon of Creton | , |
111 | GL | LGLA022.HTM | algae | |
112 | GL | LGLA023.HTM | algorithm | , |
113 | GL | LGLA0235.HTM | ALH84001 | Martian meteorite found in {<LGLa054.HTM>Antarctica}_, allegedly containing evidence of life on {<LGLm012.HTM>Mars}_., ,More details {<../BE/LBE0406.htm>here}_; pictures {<../BE/LBE04065.htm>here}_., |
114 | GL | LGLA024.HTM | alien | |
115 | GL | LGLA025.HTM | Alien | |
116 | GL | LGLA026.HTM | allele | |
117 | GL | LGLA027.HTM | allelomorphs | , |
118 | GL | LGLA028.HTM | allometric growth | |
119 | GL | LGLA029.HTM | allometry | , |
120 | GL | LGLA030.HTM | allopatric | |
121 | GL | LGLA031.HTM | allopatric speciation | |
122 | GL | LGLA032.HTM | altruism | {<LGLb009.HTM>Behaviour} that is advantageous to others. , ,See {<LGLa034.HTM>altruistic behaviour}_., |
123 | GL | LGLA033.HTM | altruistic | See {<LGLa034.HTM>altruistic behaviour}_., |
124 | GL | LGLA034.HTM | altruistic behaviour | |
125 | GL | LGLA035.HTM | Alvarez, Walter and Luis | |
126 | GL | LGLA036.HTM | amino acid | |
127 | GL | LGLA037.HTM | ammonia | , |
128 | GL | LGLA038.HTM | ammonites | |
129 | GL | LGLA039.HTM | Amphibia | The {<LGLc049.HTM>class} comprising {<LGLa040.HTM>amphibians}_., |
130 | GL | LGLA040.HTM | amphibian | |
131 | GL | LGLA041.HTM | anaerobic | |
132 | GL | LGLA042.HTM | anagenesis | |
133 | GL | LGLA043.HTM | analogy | , |
134 | GL | LGLA044.HTM | anatomy | Anatomy is the study of the structure of the body and the relationship of its parts., |
135 | GL | LGLA045.HTM | Anaxagoras | |
136 | GL | LGLA046.HTM | Anaximander of Miletus | |
137 | GL | LGLA047.HTM | Angaraland | |
138 | GL | LGLA048.HTM | angiosperm | |
139 | GL | LGLA049.HTM | anhydrous | , |
140 | GL | LGLA050.HTM | Animalia | |
141 | GL | LGLA051.HTM | Annelida | {<LGLp049.HTM>Phylum} which comprises the annelids, which are worm-like animals. This includes a wide range of worms who live in water and on land. Their bodies are usually divided into segments., , |
142 | GL | LGLA052.HTM | annual | Happening once a year. So September is an annual event, as is midsummer's day., |
143 | GL | LGLA053.HTM | anoxic | , |
144 | GL | LGLA054.HTM | Antarctica | |
145 | GL | LGLA055.HTM | Antarctic Circle | |
146 | GL | LGLA056.HTM | anterior | At the front, or closer to the front. ({<LGLp080.HTM>Posterior} means the opposite.), |
147 | GL | LGLA057.HTM | anthropologist | An anthropologist is a person who studies {<LGLa058.HTM>anthropology}_., ,(Isn't this glossary helpful!), |
148 | GL | LGLA058.HTM | anthropology | The study of {<LGLh041.HTM>humans}_, or mankind, as an animal. So anthropology covers human origins, our {<LGLe043.HTM>evolution} and our {<LGLb009.HTM>behaviour}_., ,People who study anthropology are called anthropologists., |
149 | GL | LGLA059.HTM | antibiotic | A substance produced by certain {<LGLm042.HTM>micro-organisms} that is capable of destroying or injuring other living {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_, particularly {<LGLb001.HTM>bacteria}_., |
150 | GL | LGLA060.HTM | antibody | |
151 | GL | LGLA061.HTM | antigen | |
152 | GL | LGLA062.HTM | aphotic zone | The level of {<LGLw004.HTM>water} in the {<LGLo001.HTM>ocean} where light barely penetrates, if at all., |
153 | GL | LGLA063.HTM | appendage | A part of the body, such as a limb., |
154 | GL | LGLA064.HTM | aquatic plant | A plant which lives in the {<LGLw004.HTM>water}_, either with its roots in the water or completely submerged. Some aquatic plants float on the water surface., |
155 | GL | LGLA065.HTM | arachnid | Arachnids are members of the {<LGLc049.HTM>class} Arachnida, which includes spiders. Arachnids have four pairs of legs., |
156 | GL | LGLA066.HTM | arboreal | Arboreal means having something to do with trees., |
157 | GL | LGLA067.HTM | Archaea | |
158 | GL | LGLA068.HTM | Archaean period | |
159 | GL | LGLA069.HTM | Archaebacteria | |
160 | GL | LGLA070.HTM | Archaeopteryx | |
161 | GL | LGLA071.HTM | Arctic | An {<LGLo001.HTM>ocean} covered by thick sea ice. It is surrounded by the northern continents., , |
162 | GL | LGLA072.HTM | Aristotle | |
163 | GL | LGLA073.HTM | Arrhenius, Svante | |
164 | GL | LGLA074.HTM | artefacts | Complicated word meaning 'things' or 'objects' (or even just 'stuff')., |
165 | GL | LGLA075.HTM | artery | |
166 | GL | LGLA076.HTM | arthropod | Arthropods belong to the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} {<LGLa077.HTM>Arthropoda}_. Arthropods include {<LGLi015.HTM>insects}_, {<LGLc097.HTM>crustaceans} and spiders., |
167 | GL | LGLA077.HTM | Arthropoda | |
168 | GL | LGLA078.HTM | artificial life | |
169 | GL | LGLA079.HTM | artificial selection | |
170 | GL | LGLA080.HTM | asexual reproduction | |
171 | GL | LGLA081.HTM | asteroid | |
172 | GL | LGLA082.HTM | atmosphere | The envelope of gases that surrounds a {<LGLp058.HTM>planet} (and our planet {<LGLe003.HTM>Earth} in particular)., ,Our atmosphere is mainly made up of {<LGLn023.HTM>nitrogen}_, {<LGLo028.HTM>oxygen} and {<LGLc013.HTM>carbon dioxide}_., |
173 | GL | LGLA083.HTM | atom | The basic unit or ordinary matter, made up of a tiny {<LGLn027.HTM>nucleus} (consisting of {<LGLp101.HTM>protons} and {<LGLn019.HTM>neutrons}_) surrounded by orbiting electrons., ,Atoms may join together to form {<LGLm064.HTM>molecules}_., |
174 | GL | LGLA084.HTM | ATP | See {<LGLa015.HTM>adenosine triphosphate}_., |
175 | GL | LGLA085.HTM | Australian Lungfish | |
176 | GL | LGLA086.HTM | Australopithecans | See Australopithecus., |
177 | GL | LGLA087.HTM | Australopithecines | See {<LGLa088.HTM>Australopithecus}_., |
178 | GL | LGLA088.HTM | Australopithecus | |
179 | GL | LGLA089.HTM | Australopithecus afarensis | |
180 | GL | LGLA090.HTM | Australopithecus africanus | |
181 | GL | LGLA091.HTM | Australopithecus ramidus | |
182 | GL | LGLA092.HTM | Australopithecus robustus | Australopithecus robustus was a {<LGLh024.HTM>hominid} that appeared later than {<LGLa090.HTM>Australopithecus africanus}_. It is possibly descended from Australopithecus africanus., ,{<../ID/LID0904.htm>Here's} more on this!, |
183 | GL | LGLA093.HTM | autotroph | |
184 | GL | LGLA094.HTM | autotrophic | See {<LGLa093.HTM>autotroph}_., |
185 | GL | LGLA095.HTM | Aves | The {<LGLc049.HTM>class} to which {<LGLb037.HTM>birds} belong., |
186 | GL | LGLA096.HTM | axon | |
187 | GL | LGLB000.HTM | Glossary B | |
188 | GL | LGLB001.HTM | bacteria | |
189 | GL | LGLB002.HTM | bacteriophage | A bacteriophage is a specialised type of {<LGLv015.HTM>virus} that can only reproduce inside bacterial cells., ,Bacteriophage is often shortened just to phage. (Sounds like a disease.), ,{<../BE/LBE0604.htm>Are viruses alive?}, |
190 | GL | LGLB003.HTM | balance | The sense that an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} has that enables it to maintain its correct bodily orientation. , ,In other words, balance enables it to know which is 'up' and which is 'down'. It does this by reference to gravity., |
191 | GL | LGLB004.HTM | Baltica | In the {<LGLg024.HTM>geological past}_, Baltica was a small continent comprising present day Scandinavia. In the early {<LGLp008.HTM>Paleozoic} it collided with {<LGLl010.HTM>Laurentia}_., |
192 | GL | LGLB005.HTM | barrier reef | |
193 | GL | LGLB006.HTM | base | See {<LGLn026.HTM>nucleotide base}., |
194 | GL | LGLB007.HTM | bats | |
195 | GL | LGLB008.HTM | Beaumont, William | United States Army doctor who, in 1833, was able to show that {<LGLd024.HTM>digestion} is a purely chemical process., |
196 | GL | LGLB009.HTM | behaviour | |
197 | GL | LGLB010.HTM | Bell, Charles | , |
198 | GL | LGLB011.HTM | Belon, Pierre | French naturalist who published a {<LGLc050.HTM>classification} of 200 {<LGLs044.HTM>species} in 1555., |
199 | GL | LGLB012.HTM | Bergmann's rule | , |
200 | GL | LGLB013.HTM | Beringia | A land bridge hundreds of {<LGLk006.HTM>kilometres} wide that formed across the Bering Strait during the {<LGLp066.HTM>Pleistocene} {<LGLp033.HTM>period}_. Humans crossed from Siberia into North America via Beringia., |
201 | GL | LGLB014.HTM | biennial | Something that happens every two years. So biennial plants, for example, complete their life cycle in two years., |
202 | GL | LGLB015.HTM | Big Bang | |
203 | GL | LGLB016.HTM | bilateral symmetry | |
204 | GL | LGLB017.HTM | billion | One thousand {<LGLm050.HTM>million}_, or 1,000,000,000., |
205 | GL | LGLB018.HTM | biochemistry | |
206 | GL | LGLB019.HTM | biodiversity | |
207 | GL | LGLB020.HTM | biogeography | The study of the distribution of plant and animal life. , ,See also {<LGLb021.HTM>biogeographic zone}_., , |
208 | GL | LGLB021.HTM | biogeographic zone | |
209 | GL | LGLB022.HTM | biological clock | |
210 | GL | LGLB023.HTM | biological determinism | , |
211 | GL | LGLB024.HTM | biology | Biology is the study of {<LGLl014.HTM>life}_. It concerns itself with the study of all living things: big, small, green, blue, friendly, cute, slimy, etc. , ,You get the idea., |
212 | GL | LGLB025.HTM | biomass | The biomass is the total weight of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms} in a given {<LGLe011.HTM>ecosystem}_. , ,Biomass is often measured at each level of a {<LGLf019.HTM>food chain}_., |
213 | GL | LGLB026.HTM | biome | |
214 | GL | LGLB027.HTM | biomechanics | , |
215 | GL | LGLB028.HTM | biomorph | |
216 | GL | LGLB029.HTM | biophysics | , |
217 | GL | LGLB030.HTM | biosphere | |
218 | GL | LGLB031.HTM | biosynthesis | Biosynthesis is the production of a chemical compound by a living {<LGLo016.HTM>organism}_., , |
219 | GL | LGLB032.HTM | biota | , |
220 | GL | LGLB033.HTM | biotechnology | |
221 | GL | LGLB034.HTM | biotic | Something is biotic if it is living. So fish are biotic. , ,Hats are the opposite of biotic: they are {<LGLa003.HTM>abiotic}_., |
222 | GL | LGLB035.HTM | bipedal | |
223 | GL | LGLB036.HTM | bipedalism | The business of being {<LGLb035.HTM>bipedal}_., |
224 | GL | LGLB037.HTM | bird | |
225 | GL | LGLB038.HTM | bleaching | A coral disease where the coral takes on a bleached or white appearance., , |
226 | GL | LGLB039.HTM | blood | |
227 | GL | LGLB040.HTM | bolide | , |
228 | GL | LGLB041.HTM | Boltzmann | , |
229 | GL | LGLB042.HTM | bone | Bone is a very strong, rigid {<LGLt033.HTM>tissue} make up of about 70% mineral and 30% organic matter., ,Without bone, life would be tricky., |
230 | GL | LGLB043.HTM | Bonnet, Charles | Swiss naturalist who, in 1764, proposed his theory of 'preformation'. He said that each creature is already preformed in miniature in the {<LGLe014.HTM>egg}_., |
231 | GL | LGLB044.HTM | botany | Botany is the science of plants., |
232 | GL | LGLB045.HTM | brachiopod | |
233 | GL | LGLB046.HTM | Brachiopoda | Phylum to which the {<LGLb045.HTM>brachiopods} belong., |
234 | GL | LGLB047.HTM | brain | |
235 | GL | LGLB048.HTM | breathing | |
236 | GL | LGLB049.HTM | budding | A form of {<LGLa080.HTM>asexual reproduction}_. , ,Outgrowths develop from a {<LGLc019.HTM>cell} or from part of a body to form a new individual. {<LGLu005.HTM>Single celled} creatures multiply in this way., , |
237 | GL | LGLB050.HTM | Buffon, Georges-Louis, Comte de | |
238 | GL | LGLC000.HTM | Glossary C | |
239 | GL | LGLC001.HTM | Cairns-Smith, A G | |
240 | GL | LGLC002.HTM | calcite | , |
241 | GL | LGLC003.HTM | calcium | , |
242 | GL | LGLC004.HTM | calcium carbonate | |
243 | GL | LGLC005.HTM | Cambrian period | |
244 | GL | LGLC006.HTM | Cambrian explosion | |
245 | GL | LGLC007.HTM | camouflage | |
246 | GL | LGLC008.HTM | canine teeth | , |
247 | GL | LGLC009.HTM | cannibalism | Cannibalism is the name that we give to the business of eating our own kind - humans., ,It's {<../ID/LID0405.htm>not really the done thing}_., |
248 | GL | LGLC010.HTM | carbohydrate | |
249 | GL | LGLC011.HTM | carbon | |
250 | GL | LGLC012.HTM | carbon cycle | |
251 | GL | LGLC013.HTM | carbon dioxide | |
252 | GL | LGLC014.HTM | carboniferous | , |
253 | GL | LGLC015.HTM | carnivore | Carnivores are {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms} that feed on animals. They are consumers of animal matter only., |
254 | GL | LGLC016.HTM | catalyst | A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate at which certain reactions between {<LGLm064.HTM>molecules} occur, without being itself consumed in these reactions., ,{<LGLe029.HTM>Enzymes} are examples of catalysts., |
255 | GL | LGLC017.HTM | catastrophism | |
256 | GL | LGLC018.HTM | Caudipteryx zoui | |
257 | GL | LGLC019.HTM | cell | |
258 | GL | LGLC020.HTM | cell division | The process by which {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} divide during {<LGLg0485.HTM>growth}_. , |
259 | GL | LGLC021.HTM | cellular automata | |
260 | GL | LGLC022.HTM | cellulose | Cellulose is the main structural material of {<LGLp061.HTM>plants}_: it is found as a skeletal frame around their {<LGLc019.HTM>cells}_., |
261 | GL | LGLC023.HTM | Celsius scale | |
262 | GL | LGLC024.HTM | Cenozoic era | |
263 | GL | LGLC025.HTM | centigrade | Centigrade is a unit of measurement for {<LGLt012.HTM>temperature}_., ,One degree centigrade equals one degree {<LGLc023.HTM>Celsius}_., |
264 | GL | LGLC026.HTM | cephalopod | Cephalopods are {<LGLm065.HTM>molluscs} which belongs to the class {<LGLc027.HTM>Cephalopoda}_. , ,The squid and octopus are examples of cephalopods and, until they became {<LGLe050.HTM>extinct}_, so were {<LGLa038.HTM>ammonites}_., |
265 | GL | LGLC027.HTM | Cephalopoda | Class to which the {<LGLc026.HTM>cephalopods} belong., |
266 | GL | LGLC0275.HTM | cerebellum | |
267 | GL | LGLC028.HTM | chaos theory | |
268 | GL | LGLC029.HTM | Chatton, Edouard | , |
269 | GL | LGLC030.HTM | chemistry | |
270 | GL | LGLC031.HTM | Chicxulub crater | |
271 | GL | LGLC032.HTM | childhood | |
272 | GL | LGLC033.HTM | chitin | |
273 | GL | LGLC034.HTM | chlorine | , |
274 | GL | LGLC035.HTM | chlorophyll | Chlorophyll is a green pigment used by {<LGLp061.HTM>plants} to trap the {<LGLs070.HTM>Sun's} {<LGLe024.HTM>energy}_. They then use this energy in {<LGLp045.HTM>photosynthesis}_., ,Chlorophyll is found in {<LGLc036.HTM>chloroplasts}_., |
275 | GL | LGLC036.HTM | chloroplast | A structure found in many {<LGLp061.HTM>plants} which contains {<LGLc035.HTM>chlorophyll}_., |
276 | GL | LGLC037.HTM | Chomsky, Noam | |
277 | GL | LGLC038.HTM | Chordata | |
278 | GL | LGLC039.HTM | chordate | A member of the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} {<LGLc038.HTM>Chordata}_., |
279 | GL | LGLC040.HTM | chromosome | |
280 | GL | LGLC041.HTM | circadian rhythm | |
281 | GL | LGLC042.HTM | circulation | , |
282 | GL | LGLC043.HTM | civilisation | , |
283 | GL | LGLC044.HTM | clade | A clade is a grouping of organisms that is used in {<LGLc046.HTM>cladistics}_., , ,See also {<LGLc048.HTM>cladogram}_., |
284 | GL | LGLC045.HTM | cladism | , |
285 | GL | LGLC046.HTM | cladistics | |
286 | GL | LGLC047.HTM | cladogenesis | Cladogenesis is the name for the process by which one {<LGLs044.HTM>species} splits into at least two new species., ,Cladogenesis is one of the two main ways in which new species can evolve. The other is {<LGLa042.HTM>anagenesis}_., |
287 | GL | LGLC048.HTM | cladogram | |
288 | GL | LGLC049.HTM | class | |
289 | GL | LGLC050.HTM | classification | |
290 | GL | LGLC051.HTM | climate | |
291 | GL | LGLC052.HTM | climate change | See {<LGLg033.HTM>global warming}_., |
292 | GL | LGLC053.HTM | cline | , |
293 | GL | LGLC054.HTM | Clinton, President | , |
294 | GL | LGLC055.HTM | clone | |
295 | GL | LGLC056.HTM | Cnidaria | |
296 | GL | LGLC057.HTM | cnidarian | See {<LGLc056.HTM>Cnidaria}_., |
297 | GL | LGLC0575.HTM | coefficient of relatedness | |
298 | GL | LGLC058.HTM | coelacanth | |
299 | GL | LGLC059.HTM | coelenterate | See {<LGLc056.HTM>Cnidaria}_., |
300 | GL | LGLC060.HTM | coevolution | |
301 | GL | LGLC061.HTM | cold-blooded | See {<LGLp069.HTM>poikilothermic}_., |
302 | GL | LGLC062.HTM | colonising species | , |
303 | GL | LGLC063.HTM | combustible | , |
304 | GL | LGLC064.HTM | comet | |
305 | GL | LGLC065.HTM | commensalism | |
306 | GL | LGLC066.HTM | comparative anatomy | Comparative anatomy is the study of the structural features of different {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_., |
307 | GL | LGLC067.HTM | competition | |
308 | GL | LGLC068.HTM | complexity theory | See {<LGLc028.HTM>chaos theory}_., |
309 | GL | LGLC069.HTM | compound eye | |
310 | GL | LGLC070.HTM | computer virus | A computer virus is a type of computer program that is specifically designed to infect a computer, erase data, scramble other programs, or to fill up so much memory that the system is harmed., ,Now why's it called a {<LGLv015.HTM>virus}_?, |
311 | GL | LGLC071.HTM | consciousness | {<../ID/LID0500.htm>Just click here}_., |
312 | GL | LGLC072.HTM | continental drift | |
313 | GL | LGLC073.HTM | continental shelf | |
314 | GL | LGLC074.HTM | convergence | , |
315 | GL | LGLC075.HTM | convergent evolution | |
316 | GL | LGLC076.HTM | Conway, John Horton | Cambridge mathematician and inventor of the {<../BE/LBE06025.htm>Game of Life}_., |
317 | GL | LGLC077.HTM | Copernicus, Nicolas | |
318 | GL | LGLC078.HTM | copulation | |
319 | GL | LGLC079.HTM | coral | |
320 | GL | LGLC080.HTM | coral atolls | Formed in a similar manner to Barrier Reefs, Coral Atolls occur where a volcanic island has subsided and disappeared, leaving a ring of coral with a lagoon inside., , |
321 | GL | LGLC081.HTM | coral bleaching | |
322 | GL | LGLC082.HTM | coral reef | |
323 | GL | LGLC083.HTM | cosmic seeding | See {<LGLp013.HTM>panspermia}_., |
324 | GL | LGLC084.HTM | cosmic ancestry | See {<LGLp013.HTM>panspermia}_., |
325 | GL | LGLC085.HTM | cosmogony | The study of the origin of the {<LGLu007.HTM>Universe}_., |
326 | GL | LGLC086.HTM | courtship | Courtship , |
327 | GL | LGLC087.HTM | covalent bonding | The way in which {<LGLa083.HTM>atoms}_, like {<LGLc011.HTM>carbon}_, can share their electrons with other atoms to form stable chains of {<LGLm064.HTM>molecules}_., |
328 | GL | LGLC088.HTM | craniology | , |
329 | GL | LGLC089.HTM | cranium | The bony box that protects the {<LGLb047.HTM>brain}_., |
330 | GL | LGLC090.HTM | creation myth | A myth concerned with the creation of the world., ,More {<../ID/LID0110.htm>here}_., |
331 | GL | LGLC091.HTM | creationism | |
332 | GL | LGLC092.HTM | Cretaceous extinctions | |
333 | GL | LGLC093.HTM | Cretaceous period | |
334 | GL | LGLC094.HTM | Crick, Francis | |
335 | GL | LGLC095.HTM | crinoid | , |
336 | GL | LGLC096.HTM | crust | , |
337 | GL | LGLC097.HTM | crustacean | |
338 | GL | LGLC098.HTM | crystal | , |
339 | GL | LGLC099.HTM | crystalline | , |
340 | GL | LGLC100.HTM | ctenophora | , |
341 | GL | LGLC101.HTM | culture | "Everything you don't have to do". B. Eno., ,{<../ID/LID1004.htm>More}_., |
342 | GL | LGLC102.HTM | cumulative selection | {<LGLn002.HTM>Natural selection} is cumulative. That is, as changes occur, the changes for the better are always kept, so that over time the changes accumulate: they are cumulative., ,Have a look at Cumulative Selection in 'Life Games'. , |
343 | GL | LGLC103.HTM | Cuvier, Baron Georges | |
344 | GL | LGLC104.HTM | cybernetics | Cybernetics:, |
345 | GL | LGLC105.HTM | cytokinesis | Cytokinesis is the division of the {<LGLc107.HTM>cytoplasm}_, the parent cell, to form two separate daughter cells., , |
346 | GL | LGLC106.HTM | cytology | Cytology is the study of {<LGLc019.HTM>cells}_., |
347 | GL | LGLC107.HTM | cytoplasm | Cytoplasm is found within the {<LGLC019.HTM>cells} of living {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_. , ,Cytoplasm surrounds the {<LGLn027.HTM>nucleus} within each cell; it is the place where the chemical reactions of {<LGLl014.HTM>life} take place., |
348 | GL | LGLC108.HTM | cytosine | |
349 | GL | LGLD000.HTM | Glossary D | |
350 | GL | LGLD001.HTM | Daisyworld | |
351 | GL | LGLD002.HTM | Darwin, Charles | |
352 | GL | LGLD003.HTM | Darwin, Erasmus | |
353 | GL | LGLD004.HTM | Darwinian fitness | An expression usually used to describe the idea of 'survival of the fittest' as proposed by {<../Pics/lpic112.bmp>Charles Darwin} in his book {<../ID/LID0204.htm>'On the Origin of Species'}_., |
354 | GL | LGLD005.HTM | Darwinian package | |
355 | GL | LGLD006.HTM | Darwinism | |
356 | GL | LGLD007.HTM | Dawkins, Richard | |
357 | GL | LGLD008.HTM | death | Something that comes to us all at least once in our lives. Death is presumably the opposite of {<LGLl014.HTM>life}_., ,{<../BE/LBE0201.htm>Not quite}_., |
358 | GL | LGLD009.HTM | deep time | |
359 | GL | LGLD010.HTM | deep sea vents | |
360 | GL | LGLD011.HTM | deism | The belief in a God who created the world and its natural laws, but who does not interfere with the world after that. , ,Therefore it's unlikely that he (or she) is going to pop back and say "Hi there, it was me after all!"., |
361 | GL | LGLD012.HTM | deme | |
362 | GL | LGLD013.HTM | dendogram | A dendogram is a visual representation of a {<LGLc050.HTM>classification} of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms} based upon their physical appearance, or {<LGLp040.HTM>phenetic} resemblance., ,See also {<LGLc048.HTM>cladogram}_., |
363 | GL | LGLD014.HTM | Dennett, Daniel | |
364 | GL | LGLD015.HTM | deoxyribonucleic acid | See {<LGLd032.HTM>DNA}_., |
365 | GL | LGLD016.HTM | Descartes, Rene | |
366 | GL | LGLD017.HTM | design | |
367 | GL | LGLD018.HTM | destiny | Destiny: 'a power that fore-ordains; invincible necessity'. How does the idea of destiny sit with {<LGLe043.HTM>evolution}_? , ,One for you to think about!, |
368 | GL | LGLD019.HTM | detritus | , |
369 | GL | LGLD020.HTM | development | , |
370 | GL | LGLD021.HTM | Devonian period | |
371 | GL | LGLD022.HTM | differential fitness | |
372 | GL | LGLD023.HTM | differentiation | |
373 | GL | LGLD024.HTM | digestion | Digestion is the process of breaking food down into a form that the body can absorb., |
374 | GL | LGLD025.HTM | dimorphism | When the males of a {<LGLs044.HTM>species} are a different size to the females of a species (they are usually larger) this is called dimorphism., |
375 | GL | LGLD026.HTM | dinosaur | |
376 | GL | LGLD027.HTM | dioecious | , |
377 | GL | LGLD028.HTM | diploid | |
378 | GL | LGLD029.HTM | directed panspermia | |
379 | GL | LGLD030.HTM | dispersion | Dispersion is the distribution of individuals of a {<LGLs044.HTM>species} within geographical {<LGLp077.HTM>population} boundaries., |
380 | GL | LGLD031.HTM | diversity | The total of {<LGLv005.HTM>variations} in physical form (or other characteristics) that are to be found in a group of related {<LGLs044.HTM>species}_., |
381 | GL | LGLD032.HTM | DNA | |
382 | GL | LGLD033.HTM | Dolly | |
383 | GL | LGLD034.HTM | domain | One of the three main types into which Earth life is now classified: {<LGLa067.HTM>Archaea}_, {<LGLb001.HTM>Bacteria} and {<LGLp094.HTM>Prokaryotes}_., |
384 | GL | LGLD035.HTM | dominant allele | See {<LGLd036.HTM>dominant gene}_., |
385 | GL | LGLD036.HTM | dominant gene | |
386 | GL | LGLD037.HTM | dorsal fin | Rear, ridge shaped {<LGLf010.HTM>fin} belonging to fish., , |
387 | GL | LGLD038.HTM | double helix | See {<LGLd032.HTM>DNA}_., |
388 | GL | LGLD039.HTM | Drake equation | |
389 | GL | LGLE000.HTM | Glossary E | |
390 | GL | LGLE001.HTM | ears | |
391 | GL | LGLE002.HTM | You do what? | See a doctor., |
392 | GL | LGLE003.HTM | Earth | |
393 | GL | LGLE004.HTM | earthworms | Earthworms are members of the {<LGLc049.HTM>class} Oligochaeta., ,They're also famous because {<../Pics/lpic112.bmp>Charles Darwin} was writing a book about them when he died. Honest!, |
394 | GL | LGLE005.HTM | echinoderm | Echinoderms are members of the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} {<LGLe006.HTM>Echinodermata}_. , ,They are marine organisms which live on the sea bottom. Starfish, sea urchins and brittle stars are all echinoderms., |
395 | GL | LGLE006.HTM | Echinodermata | |
396 | GL | LGLE007.HTM | echolocation | |
397 | GL | LGLE008.HTM | eco-erosion | |
398 | GL | LGLE009.HTM | ecological niche | |
399 | GL | LGLE010.HTM | ecology | Ecology, or environmental biology, is the study of relationships between living things and their {<LGLe028.HTM>environment}_., |
400 | GL | LGLE011.HTM | ecosystem | |
401 | GL | LGLE012.HTM | ectoprocta | , |
402 | GL | LGLE013.HTM | ectoderm | The ectoderm comprises the specialised animal {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} that make up the {<LGLn015.HTM>nervous system} and skin. , ,See {<LGLd023.HTM>differentiation}_., |
403 | GL | LGLE014.HTM | egg | |
404 | GL | LGLE015.HTM | Eigen, Manfred | German chemist, born 1927. , ,Eigen has specialised for most of his life in the area of biophysical chemistry and biochemistry. , |
405 | GL | LGLE016.HTM | element | |
406 | GL | LGLE017.HTM | embryo | |
407 | GL | LGLE018.HTM | embryology | Embryology is the study of the {<LGLe017.HTM>embryo} and its development from a one-celled {<LGLz005.HTM>zygote} to the point where it becomes a foetus or, if it is a plant, to the point where it has its final form and shape., |
408 | GL | LGLE019.HTM | emergent property | An emergent property is a property that something has, or acquires, as a result of a process or series of processes., ,For an example, see {<../ID/LID1100.htm>Gaia}_., |
409 | GL | LGLE020.HTM | Empedocles of Akragas | , |
410 | GL | LGLE021.HTM | endemic | If something is endemic it means that it is unique to one particular place in the world., , |
411 | GL | LGLE022.HTM | endogenous | , |
412 | GL | LGLE023.HTM | endoskeleton | |
413 | GL | LGLE024.HTM | energy | |
414 | GL | LGLE025.HTM | Eno, Brian | Brian Eno, {<../Pics/lpic014.bmp>pictured here}_. Artist, all-round creative person and ex-pop star. , ,True., |
415 | GL | LGLE026.HTM | entomology | , |
416 | GL | LGLE027.HTM | entropy | |
417 | GL | LGLE028.HTM | environment | The environment is all the conditions and influences surrounding something living which affect its {<LGLg0485.HTM>growth} or development., |
418 | GL | LGLE029.HTM | enzyme | |
419 | GL | LGLE030.HTM | Eocene | |
420 | GL | LGLE031.HTM | epidermis | |
421 | GL | LGLE032.HTM | epistasis | |
422 | GL | LGLE033.HTM | epoch | |
423 | GL | LGLE034.HTM | equilibrium | , |
424 | GL | LGLE035.HTM | era | |
425 | GL | LGLE0355.HTM | ESS | See {<LGLe044.HTM>evolutionarily stable strategy}_., |
426 | GL | LGLE036.HTM | essential amino acids | , |
427 | GL | LGLE037.HTM | ethology | Ethology is the study of {<LGLb009.HTM>behaviour} within a {<LGLz001.HTM>zoological} context., |
428 | GL | LGLE038.HTM | eukaryotes | Eukaryotes are creatures which are made up of {<LGLe039.HTM>eukaryotic cells}_., |
429 | GL | LGLE039.HTM | eukaryotic cells | |
430 | GL | LGLE040.HTM | euphotic zone | , |
431 | GL | LGLE041.HTM | evapotranspiration | |
432 | GL | LGLE042.HTM | Eve theory | , |
433 | GL | LGLE043.HTM | evolution | |
434 | GL | LGLE044.HTM | evolutionarily stable strategy | |
435 | GL | LGLE045.HTM | evolutionary distance | For any pair of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_, evolutionary distance is a measure of the similarity of the organisms' {<LGLg009.HTM>gene} sequences. , ,Small evolutionary distances imply that the organisms have a greater degree of similarity., |
436 | GL | LGLE046.HTM | exaptation | , |
437 | GL | LGLE047.HTM | excretion | |
438 | GL | LGLE048.HTM | exoskeleton | An exoskeleton is a skeleton that is outside an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism}_, that encloses its body. , ,{<LGLi015.HTM>Insects} have an exoskeleton, whereas {<LGLh041.HTM>humans} have {<LGLe023.HTM>endoskeletons}_., |
439 | GL | LGLE049.HTM | extended phenotype | , |
440 | GL | LGLE050.HTM | extinction | |
441 | GL | LGLE051.HTM | extraterrestrial | |
442 | GL | LGLE052.HTM | eye | |
443 | GL | LGLF000.HTM | Glossary F | |
444 | GL | LGLF001.HTM | F1 generation | |
445 | GL | LGLF002.HTM | F2 generation | |
446 | GL | LGLF003.HTM | faeces | |
447 | GL | LGLF004.HTM | family | |
448 | GL | LGLF005.HTM | fauna | The animals of a particular region or {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch}_., |
449 | GL | LGLF006.HTM | feathers | |
450 | GL | LGLF007.HTM | fecundity | The number of offspring produced during a certain time. The birth rate., |
451 | GL | LGLF008.HTM | feedback | |
452 | GL | LGLF009.HTM | fertilisation | |
453 | GL | LGLF010.HTM | fin | Fins are organs that are found in aquatic {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrates}_. Fins are used mainly for {<LGLl025.HTM>locomotion}_., |
454 | GL | LGLF011.HTM | fish | |
455 | GL | LGLF012.HTM | fitness | |
456 | GL | LGLF013.HTM | fitness landscape | , |
457 | GL | LGLF014.HTM | flagellate | |
458 | GL | LGLF015.HTM | Flemming, Walther | German anatomist (born 1803, died 1905) who studied {<LGLc019.HTM>cell} division. In 1882 he described {<LGLm059.HTM>mitosis}_., |
459 | GL | LGLF016.HTM | flora | The plants of a particular region or {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch}_., |
460 | GL | LGLF017.HTM | Flourens, Pierre | French {<LGLa044.HTM>anatomist} (born in 1794, died 1867) who studied the central nervous system. , ,In 1824 Flourens demonstrated that the {<LGLc0275.HTM>cerebellum} controls muscular movement., |
461 | GL | LGLF018.HTM | fly | |
462 | GL | LGLF019.HTM | food chain | |
463 | GL | LGLF020.HTM | food cycle | A food cycle is a food chain with decomposers ({<LGLb001.HTM>bacteria} and {<LGLf029.HTM>fungi}_) added, showing the complete cycle of {<LGLe024.HTM>energy} within an {<LGLe011.HTM>ecosystem}_., , |
464 | GL | LGLF021.HTM | food web | |
465 | GL | LGLF022.HTM | foramen magnum | |
466 | GL | LGLF023.HTM | fossil | |
467 | GL | LGLF024.HTM | fossil record | |
468 | GL | LGLF025.HTM | Frankenstein | |
469 | GL | LGLF026.HTM | fringing reef | |
470 | GL | LGLF027.HTM | fruit | A fruit is a mature {<LGLo023.HTM>ovary} of a flower. It protects dormant {<LGLs011.HTM>seeds} and also assists in their dispersal., |
471 | GL | LGLF028.HTM | fumaroles | , |
472 | GL | LGLF029.HTM | fungi | |
473 | GL | LGLF030.HTM | Fungi | The {<LGLk008.HTM>kingdom} to which {<LGLf029.HTM>fungi} belong., |
474 | GL | LGLG000.HTM | Glossary G | |
475 | GL | LGLG001.HTM | Gaia | |
476 | GL | LGLG002.HTM | Galapagos islands | The islands off the coast of South America visited by {<LGLd002.HTM>Darwin} in 1835 during his {<../ID/LID0202.htm>voyage around the world} on the sailing ship The Beagle., ,There's more {<../ID/LID0203.htm>here} on The Galapagos., |
477 | GL | LGLG003.HTM | galaxy | |
478 | GL | LGLG004.HTM | Galen | Galen, who lived from AD 321 to 201, was a â– He wrote a number of key works which remained the textbooks for medicine up to the seventeenth century., |
479 | GL | LGLG005.HTM | Galvani, Luigi | , |
480 | GL | LGLG006.HTM | game theory | , |
481 | GL | LGLG007.HTM | gamete | |
482 | GL | LGLG008.HTM | gas | , |
483 | GL | LGLG009.HTM | gene | |
484 | GL | LGLG010.HTM | gene pool | |
485 | GL | LGLG011.HTM | genera | Plural of {<LGLg023.HTM>genus}_., |
486 | GL | LGLG012.HTM | Genesis | The first book in the Bible. , ,It recounts the Christian story of God's creation of the world., |
487 | GL | LGLG013.HTM | genetic code | |
488 | GL | LGLG014.HTM | genetic diversity | |
489 | GL | LGLG015.HTM | genetic drift | Genetic drift is a random change in {<LGLa026.HTM>allele} frequencies over the generations brought about by chance alone., ,In other words, in any species the {<LGLg010.HTM>gene pool} is going to change over time, genetic mutation or not., |
490 | GL | LGLG016.HTM | genetic engineering | Genetic engineering is a process of altering the genetic make-up of an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} by introducing new {<LGLd032.HTM>DNA} into its {<LGLc040.HTM>chromosomes}_., |
491 | GL | LGLG017.HTM | genetic recombination | , |
492 | GL | LGLG018.HTM | genetics | |
493 | GL | LGLG019.HTM | geneticist | A person who studies {<LGLg018.HTM>genetics}_., |
494 | GL | LGLG020.HTM | genocide | The deliberate destruction of a species, race, culture or group of people (for not very nice reasons)., |
495 | GL | LGLG021.HTM | genome | The total complement of an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism's} {<LGLg009.HTM>genes}_., |
496 | GL | LGLG022.HTM | genotype | |
497 | GL | LGLG023.HTM | genus | |
498 | GL | LGLG024.HTM | geological timescale | |
499 | GL | LGLG025.HTM | geology | Geology is the scientific study of the Earth, its origins and evolution, together with the study of the materials that make it up and the processes that act on it. , |
500 | GL | LGLG026.HTM | geometric | |
501 | GL | LGLG027.HTM | geospace | The comet like region of space around the earth including the magnetosphere. Geospace is where the atmospheres of the Earth and the Sun meet. It contains particles, very high in energy which travel around geospace at phenomenal speeds., , |
502 | GL | LGLG028.HTM | gestation | , |
503 | GL | LGLG029.HTM | gibberellins | |
504 | GL | LGLG030.HTM | gill | |
505 | GL | LGLG031.HTM | ginkgo tree | |
506 | GL | LGLG032.HTM | glaciation | , |
507 | GL | LGLG033.HTM | global warming | |
508 | GL | LGLG034.HTM | god | , |
509 | GL | LGLG035.HTM | Goethe | , |
510 | GL | LGLG036.HTM | Golding, William | , |
511 | GL | LGLG037.HTM | gonads | |
512 | GL | LGLG038.HTM | Gondwanaland | |
513 | GL | LGLG039.HTM | Goodwin, Brian | |
514 | GL | LGLG040.HTM | Gould, John | , |
515 | GL | LGLG041.HTM | Gould, Stephen Jay | |
516 | GL | LGLG042.HTM | gradualism | |
517 | GL | LGLG043.HTM | great apes | , |
518 | GL | LGLG044.HTM | great rift valley | |
519 | GL | LGLG045.HTM | greenhouse effect | |
520 | GL | LGLG046.HTM | greenhouse gases | |
521 | GL | LGLG047.HTM | Greenland | , |
522 | GL | LGLG048.HTM | Griffin, Donald | , |
523 | GL | LGLG0485.HTM | growth | |
524 | GL | LGLG049.HTM | guanine | |
525 | GL | LGLH000.HTM | Glossary H | |
526 | GL | LGLH001.HTM | habitat | |
527 | GL | LGLH002.HTM | haemoglobin | |
528 | GL | LGLH003.HTM | Haldane, J B S | |
529 | GL | LGLH004.HTM | handicap theory | , |
530 | GL | LGLH005.HTM | haploid | |
531 | GL | LGLH006.HTM | hard parts | , |
532 | GL | LGLH007.HTM | Hardy-Weinberg theorem | |
533 | GL | LGLH008.HTM | Harvey, William | |
534 | GL | LGLH009.HTM | heart | |
535 | GL | LGLH010.HTM | heat | , |
536 | GL | LGLH011.HTM | Hennig, William | In the 1960's the German scientist William Hennig ('Willi' to his friends) developed a system of classifying animals based upon comparisons of their physical characteristics. , ,He called this {<../GL/LGLc046.HTM>cladistics}_., |
537 | GL | LGLH012.HTM | herbivore | |
538 | GL | LGLH013.HTM | herbivorous | See {<LGLh012.HTM>herbivore}_., |
539 | GL | LGLH014.HTM | heredity | |
540 | GL | LGLH015.HTM | hermaphrodite | |
541 | GL | LGLH016.HTM | heterotroph | |
542 | GL | LGLH017.HTM | heterotrophic | See {<LGLh016.HTM>heterotroph}_., |
543 | GL | LGLH018.HTM | hibernation | |
544 | GL | LGLH019.HTM | histology | Histology is the study of the structure of {<LGLt033.HTM>tissues} and {<LGLo012.HTM>organs}_. , ,Histologists therefore usually have a microscope close to hand. The alternative is to squint a lot., |
545 | GL | LGLH020.HTM | Holocene | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time} the Holocene {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch} is the most recent. , ,It's lasted from 10,000 years ago to the present day., |
546 | GL | LGLH021.HTM | home | My mother always said that home is where your toothbrush is., |
547 | GL | LGLH022.HTM | homeosis | , |
548 | GL | LGLH023.HTM | homeostasis | |
549 | GL | LGLH024.HTM | hominid | |
550 | GL | LGLH025.HTM | Homo | |
551 | GL | LGLH026.HTM | Homo erectus | |
552 | GL | LGLH027.HTM | Homo habilis | |
553 | GL | LGLH028.HTM | Homo neanderthalensis | |
554 | GL | LGLH029.HTM | Homo sapiens | Modern humans: we are Homo sapiens. We first appeared about 120,000 years ago, and we're still going., ,Homo sapiens are sometimes known as Homo sapiens sapiens. It'll tell you why {<../ID/LID0905.htm>here}_., |
555 | GL | LGLH030.HTM | Homo sapiens neanderthalensis | See {<LGLh028.HTM>Homo neanderthalensis}_., |
556 | GL | LGLH031.HTM | Homo sapiens sapiens | See {<LGLh029.HTM>Homo sapiens}_., |
557 | GL | LGLH032.HTM | homoiothermic | |
558 | GL | LGLH0325.HTM | homologous | Organisms are said to be homologous - that is, they exhibit homology - if they have similar characteristics as a result of the fact that they have a common ancestor., ,See {<LGLh033.HTM>homology}_., |
559 | GL | LGLH033.HTM | homology | |
560 | GL | LGLH034.HTM | Hooke, Robert | Robert Hooke is famous in the History of Life because he was the first to use the word {<LGLc019.HTM>'cell'} in biology, when, in 1662, he looked at cork under the microscope., |
561 | GL | LGLH035.HTM | hormone | Hormones are a type of chemical signal that is found in {<LGLm080.HTM>multicellular} organisms. They co-ordinate the activities of various parts of the organism., |
562 | GL | LGLH036.HTM | horseshoe crab | |
563 | GL | LGLH037.HTM | Howard the Duck | A duck from another, parallel universe, stranded on {<LGLp058.HTM>planet} Earth., ,You don't have to believe this rubbish! , ,But it is true., |
564 | GL | LGLH038.HTM | Hoyle, Sir Fred | |
565 | GL | LGLH039.HTM | Hughes, J | , |
566 | GL | LGLH040.HTM | Human Genome Project | |
567 | GL | LGLH041.HTM | humans | Us, allegedly., ,Look in the mirror. Can you live up to it?, |
568 | GL | LGLH042.HTM | Hutton, James | James Hutton, born 1726, died 1797, was a doctor, farmer and scientist., ,He was also the founder of what we now call {<LGLg025.HTM>geology}_. Hutton is responsible for the {<LGLt025.HTM>theory} we now call {<LGLg042.HTM>gradualism}_., |
569 | GL | LGLH043.HTM | hybrid | |
570 | GL | LGLH044.HTM | hydrofoil | , |
571 | GL | LGLH045.HTM | hydrogen | The lightest and most abundant {<LGLe016.HTM>element} on Earth., |
572 | GL | LGLH046.HTM | hydrogen sulphide | , |
573 | GL | LGLH047.HTM | hydrothermal | , |
574 | GL | LGLH048.HTM | hyper-strict Darwinians | |
575 | GL | LGLH049.HTM | hyperthermophile | An {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} that thrives at {<LGLt014.HTM>temperatures} close to the boiling point of water., |
576 | GL | LGLH050.HTM | hypothesis | |
577 | GL | LGLI000.HTM | Glossary I | |
578 | GL | LGLI001.HTM | ice age | |
579 | GL | LGLI002.HTM | immanent | The idea that God, or a god, is everywhere in the Universe at all times., |
580 | GL | LGLI003.HTM | immune system | |
581 | GL | LGLI004.HTM | immunity | |
582 | GL | LGLI005.HTM | immunisation | Immunisation is the process of protecting an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} (usually {<LGLh041.HTM>human}_) against {<LGLv015.HTM>viruses} or diseases by building up the body's defence systems in a suitable way., ,See {<LGLi004.HTM>immunity}_., , |
583 | GL | LGLI006.HTM | inbreeding | |
584 | GL | LGLI007.HTM | incisor | A sharp tooth found at the front of the mouth in {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_. Incisors are mainly used for cutting., ,An elephant's tusks are in fact just greatly enlarged incisors., |
585 | GL | LGLI008.HTM | indigenous | A plant, animal or person originally belonging to the location in which it was found., ,As in "These plants are indigenous to this region"., |
586 | GL | LGLI009.HTM | infancy | |
587 | GL | LGLI010.HTM | infinite | Without end. Not finite. Boundless. Endless. Going on forever. Not ending. Without a boundary. Seriously big. Immeasurable. Innumerable. Without a limit. Not limited in any way. Limitless., ,Get the idea?, |
588 | GL | LGLI011.HTM | infosphere | |
589 | GL | LGLI012.HTM | infraclass | , |
590 | GL | LGLI013.HTM | inheritance | |
591 | GL | LGLI014.HTM | inorganic | Inorganic means not involving life or the {<LGLc030.HTM>chemistry} on which life is based. In particular, not based on {<LGLc011.HTM>carbon} atoms., ,{<../BE/LBE0400.htm>Will aliens be carbon-based life forms}_?, |
592 | GL | LGLI015.HTM | insect | |
593 | GL | LGLI016.HTM | interaction | If two things interact, they are acting on each other. As in 'interactive TV' (not!)., |
594 | GL | LGLI017.HTM | intertidal zone | The marine zone where land meets {<LGLw004.HTM>water}_. It is very shallow., , |
595 | GL | LGLI018.HTM | intestine | The digestive tract that leads, in {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrates}_, from the stomach outlet to the anus. , ,In {<LGLh041.HTM>humans} there are two intestines: the small intestine and the large intestine. Both are muscular tubes., |
596 | GL | LGLI019.HTM | invertebrate | |
597 | GL | LGLI020.HTM | involuntary action | Involuntary action is any {<LGLb009.HTM>behaviour} hat is not under an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism's} conscious control. , ,{<LGLb048.HTM>Breathing} is an example of involuntary action - although it can be controlled consciously to some extent., |
598 | GL | LGLI021.HTM | iridium | |
599 | GL | LGLI022.HTM | iridium signature | |
600 | GL | LGLI023.HTM | irritability | |
601 | GL | LGLI024.HTM | isogamete | Isogametes are {<LGLg007.HTM>gametes} which are identical in size and shape., ,See {<LGLi025.HTM>isogamy}_., |
602 | GL | LGLI025.HTM | isogamy | |
603 | GL | LGLI026.HTM | isometric growth | See {<LGLa028.HTM>allometric growth} to find out what isometric growth isn't., |
604 | GL | LGLI027.HTM | isotope | |
605 | GL | LGLI028.HTM | Isua formation | The Isua formation is a rock formation in Greenland. It contains the oldest rocks on {<LGLe003.HTM>Earth} that we know about: 3,800 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years old., |
606 | GL | LGLI029.HTM | IUCN | |
607 | GL | LGLJ000.HTM | Glossary J | {<LGLj001.HTM>Java man},{<LGLj002.HTM>jaw},{<LGLj003.HTM>jellyfish},{<LGLj004.HTM>joint},{<LGLj005.HTM>JPL},{<LGLj006.HTM>Jurassic period}, |
608 | GL | LGLJ001.HTM | Java man | |
609 | GL | LGLJ002.HTM | jaw | |
610 | GL | LGLJ003.HTM | jellyfish | Jellyfish are marine {<LGLi019.HTM>invertebrates} belonging to the class Scyphozoa of the phylum {<LGLc056.HTM>Cnidaria}_., ,There are about 200 {<LGLs044.HTM>species} of jellyfish that we know of., |
611 | GL | LGLJ004.HTM | joint | |
612 | GL | LGLJ005.HTM | JPL | The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the United States. , ,JPL, which is part of {<LGLn001.HTM>NASA}_, is the lead U.S. centre for the robotic exploration of the solar system. , |
613 | GL | LGLJ006.HTM | Jurassic period | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time}_, the period from 205 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} to 145 million years ago. , ,The period is named after the Jura mountains in eastern France. {<LGLd026.HTM>Dinosaurs} were dominant on land during this period., |
614 | GL | LGLK000.HTM | Glossary K | {<LGLk001.HTM>K/T extinction},{<LGLk002.HTM>Kauffman, Stuart},{<LGLk003.HTM>keratin},{<LGLk004.HTM>kill curve},{<LGLk005.HTM>kilogram},{<LGLk006.HTM>kilometre},{<LGLk007.HTM>kinetic energy},{<LGLk008.HTM>kingdom},{<LGLk009.HTM>kinship}, |
615 | GL | LGLK001.HTM | K/T extinction | |
616 | GL | LGLK002.HTM | Kauffman, Stuart | |
617 | GL | LGLK003.HTM | keratin | |
618 | GL | LGLK004.HTM | kill curve | |
619 | GL | LGLK005.HTM | kilogram | 1,000 grams, or 2.205 pounds., |
620 | GL | LGLK006.HTM | kilometre | 1,000 {<LGLm035.HTM>metres}_, or 0.621 miles., |
621 | GL | LGLK007.HTM | kinetic energy | The {<LGLe024.HTM>energy} carried by moving bodies., |
622 | GL | LGLK008.HTM | kingdom | |
623 | GL | LGLK009.HTM | kinship | The close relationship between individuals of the same {<LGLs044.HTM>species}_. , ,Kinship is normally discussed in terms of the {<LGLg018.HTM>genetic} relationship between individuals., |
624 | GL | LGLL000.HTM | Glossary L | |
625 | GL | LGLL001.HTM | lactation | Lactation is the production, secretion and ejection of milk in {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_. , ,During the earliest stages of a baby mammal's existence, milk makes up its entire diet., |
626 | GL | LGLL002.HTM | Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de | |
627 | GL | LGLL003.HTM | Lamarckianism | |
628 | GL | LGLL004.HTM | Lamarckism | See {<LGLl003.HTM>Lamarckianism}_., |
629 | GL | LGLL005.HTM | land bridge | |
630 | GL | LGLL006.HTM | language | |
631 | GL | LGLL007.HTM | larva | |
632 | GL | LGLL008.HTM | latitude | |
633 | GL | LGLL009.HTM | Laurasia | |
634 | GL | LGLL010.HTM | Laurentia | The ancient North American continent. , ,Laurentia eventually also included Northern Europe and the Baltic., ,See also {<LGLl009.HTM>Laurasia}_., , |
635 | GL | LGLL011.HTM | laws of natural selection | See {<LGLn002.HTM>natural selection}_., |
636 | GL | LGLL012.HTM | Leakey, Richard | |
637 | GL | LGLL013.HTM | learned behaviour | |
638 | GL | LGLL014.HTM | life | |
639 | GL | LGLL015.HTM | life cycle | The life cycle of an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism}_., ,Birth, being young and carefree, growing up, job, getting a mortgage, kids, death. That sort of thing., |
640 | GL | LGLL016.HTM | life processes | |
641 | GL | LGLL017.HTM | limestone | |
642 | GL | LGLL018.HTM | linear | |
643 | GL | LGLL019.HTM | lingula | |
644 | GL | LGLL020.HTM | linked genes | Linked genes are genes that are located on the same {<LGLc040.HTM>chromosome}_., |
645 | GL | LGLL021.HTM | Linnaeus, Carl | |
646 | GL | LGLL022.HTM | liquid | A liquid is a substance that cannot be compressed (as a gas can) but which offers no resistance to its shape being changed. , ,{<LGLw004.HTM>Water} is a liquid. Bricks are not., |
647 | GL | LGLL023.HTM | lithic | , |
648 | GL | LGLL024.HTM | living fossil | |
649 | GL | LGLL025.HTM | locomotion | |
650 | GL | LGLL026.HTM | longitude | |
651 | GL | LGLL027.HTM | Lorenz, Konrad | The scientist Konrad Lorenz is most famous for his work in studying animal {<LGLb009.HTM>behaviour}_. In fact he was one of the scientists who effectively founded the new discipline of {<LGLe037.HTM>ethology}_., |
652 | GL | LGLL028.HTM | Lovelock, James | |
653 | GL | LGLL029.HTM | Lucy | |
654 | GL | LGLL030.HTM | lung | |
655 | GL | LGLM000.HTM | Glossary M | |
656 | GL | LGLM001.HTM | macroevolution | , |
657 | GL | LGLM002.HTM | magma | Magma is melted rock formed within the {<LGLe003.HTM>Earth} or Earth-like planets., |
658 | GL | LGLM003.HTM | malaria | |
659 | GL | LGLM004.HTM | Malthus, Thomas | |
660 | GL | LGLM005.HTM | mammal | |
661 | GL | LGLM006.HTM | Mammalia | {<LGLc049.HTM>Class} to which {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} belong., |
662 | GL | LGLM007.HTM | mammary gland | Mammary glands are skin glands which have been modified to produce milk. This milk is then used to feed newly born young. Mammary glands are only found in {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_. , , |
663 | GL | LGLM008.HTM | mandible | , |
664 | GL | LGLM009.HTM | mangrove | Mangroves are water-dwelling trees whose {<LGLo028.HTM>oxygen} production is vital to many coral reef ecosystems. , ,The roots of mangroves are underwater but visible., |
665 | GL | LGLM010.HTM | Margulis, Lynn | American microbiologist involved (amongst many other activities) with {<LGLl028.HTM>James Lovelock} in the study of the {<LGLg001.HTM>Gaia} {<LGLt025.HTM>theory}_., ,There's more on Gaia {<../ID/LID1100.HTM>here}_., |
666 | GL | LGLM012.HTM | Mars | |
667 | GL | LGLM013.HTM | marsupial | |
668 | GL | LGLM014.HTM | mass extinction | |
669 | GL | LGLM015.HTM | matter | Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass or weight. {<LGLo016.HTM>Organisms} are made up of matter., , |
670 | GL | LGLM016.HTM | Maynard Smith, John | |
671 | GL | LGLM017.HTM | megafauna | , |
672 | GL | LGLM018.HTM | meiosis | |
673 | GL | LGLM019.HTM | membrane | The membrane is a thin layer which encloses the {<LGLc019.HTM>cell}_. , ,The membrane consists of lipids and proteins. , |
674 | GL | LGLM020.HTM | meme | Memes were first proposed by {<LGLd007.HTM>Richard Dawkins} in his book The Selfish Gene., ,Memes are units of 'culture' in the same way that genes are units of heredity., ,There's lots on {<../ID/LID1000.htm>memes} here., |
675 | GL | LGLM021.HTM | meme pool | Just as {<LGLg009.HTM>genes} inhabit the {<LGLg010.HTM>gene pool}_, so perhaps {<LGLm020.HTM>memes} inhabit some kind of 'meme pool'., ,{<../ID/LID1006.htm>Is the idea crazy?}, |
676 | GL | LGLM022.HTM | memetic | |
677 | GL | LGLM023.HTM | memory | |
678 | GL | LGLM024.HTM | Mendel, Gregor | |
679 | GL | LGLM025.HTM | Mendelian | |
680 | GL | LGLM026.HTM | Mendelism | The science of Mendelian genetics., |
681 | GL | LGLM027.HTM | Mesozoic era | |
682 | GL | LGLM028.HTM | metabolism | |
683 | GL | LGLM029.HTM | metamorphosis | Metamorphosis is the process where a {<LGLl007.HTM>larval} stage of an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} changes into an adult form. , ,For example, when a caterpillar changes into a butterfly, this is metamorphosis., , |
684 | GL | LGLM030.HTM | metazoa | , |
685 | GL | LGLM031.HTM | meteorite | |
686 | GL | LGLM032.HTM | methane | |
687 | GL | LGLM033.HTM | Methanococcus jannaschii | Extraordinary little organism that likes it warm, hates {<LGLo028.HTM>oxygen} and lives at the bottom of the sea. Loves smokers. , ,{<../ID/LID0404.htm>Want to know more?}, |
688 | GL | LGLM034.HTM | methyl alcohol | , |
689 | GL | LGLM035.HTM | metre | |
690 | GL | LGLM036.HTM | microbacteria | {<LGLb001.HTM>Bacteria} whose sizes are measured in microns., |
691 | GL | LGLM037.HTM | microbe | , |
692 | GL | LGLM038.HTM | microbiology | , |
693 | GL | LGLM039.HTM | microevolution | , |
694 | GL | LGLM040.HTM | microfauna | , |
695 | GL | LGLM041.HTM | micron | One millionth of a {<LGLm035.HTM>metre}_, equal to 0.00003937 inches., |
696 | GL | LGLM042.HTM | micro-organism | |
697 | GL | LGLM043.HTM | microscopy | , |
698 | GL | LGLM044.HTM | migration | |
699 | GL | LGLM045.HTM | mile | A unit of distance, originally a Roman measure of 1,000 paces., ,One mile = 1.609 {<LGLk006.HTM>kilometres}_., |
700 | GL | LGLM046.HTM | milk | |
701 | GL | LGLM047.HTM | milk tooth | , |
702 | GL | LGLM048.HTM | Miller, Stanley | |
703 | GL | LGLM049.HTM | Miller-Urey experiment | |
704 | GL | LGLM050.HTM | million | One thousand thousand, or 1,000,000., |
705 | GL | LGLM051.HTM | mimetic | Mimetic is to {<LGLm020.HTM>memes} as genetic is to {<LGLg009.HTM>genes}_., ,Simple, huh?, |
706 | GL | LGLM052.HTM | mimicry | |
707 | GL | LGLM053.HTM | mineral | A naturally occurring solid that consists either of a single {<LGLe016.HTM>element} or of a {<LGLm064.HTM>molecular} compound, and that has a systematic internal arrangement of {<LGLa083.HTM>atoms} with a definite chemical composition., |
708 | GL | LGLM054.HTM | Miocene | |
709 | GL | LGLM055.HTM | Mississippian period | , |
710 | GL | LGLM056.HTM | mitochondria | Mitochondria are tiny {<LGLo013.HTM>organelles} present in plant and animal cells which carry out {<LGLa017.HTM>aerobic} respiration to break down food and release energy., |
711 | GL | LGLM057.HTM | mitochondrial DNA | Mitochondrial DNA is a kind of {<LGLd032.HTM>DNA} found inside a type of {<LGLm056.HTM>mitochondria}_, where the {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} have molecules of DNA., |
712 | GL | LGLM058.HTM | mitochondrial Eve | |
713 | GL | LGLM059.HTM | mitosis | |
714 | GL | LGLM060.HTM | modern synthesis | |
715 | GL | LGLM061.HTM | molar | , |
716 | GL | LGLM062.HTM | `molecular clock' principle | |
717 | GL | LGLM063.HTM | molecular phylogeny | , |
718 | GL | LGLM064.HTM | molecule | A stable grouping of two or more {<LGLa083.HTM>atoms}_., |
719 | GL | LGLM065.HTM | mollusc | |
720 | GL | LGLM066.HTM | Mollusca | In the {<LGLc050.HTM>classification} of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_, Mollusca is the name for the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} that contains the {<LGLm065.HTM>molluscs}_., |
721 | GL | LGLM067.HTM | Monera | |
722 | GL | LGLM068.HTM | monogamous | , |
723 | GL | LGLM069.HTM | monogamy | , |
724 | GL | LGLM070.HTM | monogenesis theory | |
725 | GL | LGLM071.HTM | monomer | , |
726 | GL | LGLM072.HTM | monophyletic group | , |
727 | GL | LGLM073.HTM | monotreme | Monotremes are primitive {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} that lay {<LGLe014.HTM>eggs}_. The duck billed platypus is an example of a monotreme., ,Monotremes belong to the subclass Monotrema (which is part of the class {<LGLm006.HTM>Mammalia}_)., |
728 | GL | LGLM074.HTM | Moon, The | |
729 | GL | LGLM075.HTM | morph | , |
730 | GL | LGLM076.HTM | morphogenesis | |
731 | GL | LGLM077.HTM | morphology | , |
732 | GL | LGLM078.HTM | movement | See {<LGLl025.HTM>locomotion}_., ,Or there again, don't bother. It's up to you., |
733 | GL | LGLM079.HTM | mule | A mule is the offspring off the mating of a horse and a donkey. , ,Horses and donkeys are two separate {<LGLs044.HTM>species} but since the mule is sterile this does not break our {<LGLs044.HTM>definition} of a species., |
734 | GL | LGLM080.HTM | multicellular organisms | All living things are made of {<LGLc019.HTM>cells}_. {<LGLu005.HTM>Unicellular} organisms are those that consist of a single cell. , ,So multicellular organisms, not surprisingly, are those that consist of many cells. No surprises there!, |
735 | GL | LGLM081.HTM | multiregional model | |
736 | GL | LGLM082.HTM | mutability | , |
737 | GL | LGLM083.HTM | mutation | A mutation is a change in an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism's} {<LGLd032.HTM>DNA} that can be inherited (passed on from ancestors to descendants during {<LGLr019.HTM>replication}_). , ,These changes create genetic diversity., |
738 | GL | LGLM084.HTM | mutualism | |
739 | GL | LGLM085.HTM | mycology | , |
740 | GL | LGLN000.HTM | Glossary N | |
741 | GL | LGLN001.HTM | NASA | Abbreviation for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, set up in the United States in 1958., |
742 | GL | LGLN002.HTM | natural selection | |
743 | GL | LGLN003.HTM | nature versus nurture | |
744 | GL | LGLN004.HTM | naughty bits | The only reason this is in the glossary is to see how many of you would click on it., ,Shame on you! Go learn something!, |
745 | GL | LGLN005.HTM | Neanderthal man | See {<LGLh028.HTM>Homo neanderthalensis}_., |
746 | GL | LGLN006.HTM | nebula | , |
747 | GL | LGLN007.HTM | negative feedback | |
748 | GL | LGLN008.HTM | nematocyst | |
749 | GL | LGLN009.HTM | nematoda | A {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} to which unsegmented worms belong. They have narrow bodies, tapered at both ends., ,Nematodes reproduce {<LGLs026.HTM>sexually}_., |
750 | GL | LGLN010.HTM | nemertina | , |
751 | GL | LGLN011.HTM | neo-Darwinism | |
752 | GL | LGLN012.HTM | neo-Lamarckism | , |
753 | GL | LGLN013.HTM | Neolithic revolution | |
754 | GL | LGLN014.HTM | nerve | Most animals have a system of nerves, which carry electrical impulses from an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism's} receptor cells to organs that make a response - such as the {<LGLb047.HTM>brain}_., |
755 | GL | LGLN015.HTM | nervous system | In {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrates} the nervous system is made up of the {<LGLb047.HTM>brain} and {<LGLs051.HTM>spinal cord}_. , ,Together they are known as the central nervous system. , |
756 | GL | LGLN016.HTM | neural | , |
757 | GL | LGLN017.HTM | neuron, neurone | |
758 | GL | LGLN018.HTM | neurone | In the nervous system of animals, neurones are the pathways of communication between the brain and the body. , |
759 | GL | LGLN019.HTM | neutron | |
760 | GL | LGLN020.HTM | Newton, Isaac | |
761 | GL | LGLN021.HTM | Newton's laws of motion | |
762 | GL | LGLN022.HTM | niche | See {<LGLe009.HTM>ecological niche}., |
763 | GL | LGLN023.HTM | nitrogen | |
764 | GL | LGLN024.HTM | nuclear winter | |
765 | GL | LGLN025.HTM | nucleic acid | |
766 | GL | LGLN026.HTM | nucleotide base | |
767 | GL | LGLN027.HTM | nucleus | |
768 | GL | LGLN028.HTM | nutrient | |
769 | GL | LGLN029.HTM | nutrition | Nutrition is the process by which an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} obtains the {<LGLe024.HTM>energy} to maintain the functions of {<LGLl014.HTM>life}_., |
770 | GL | LGLO000.HTM | Glossary O | |
771 | GL | LGLO001.HTM | ocean | The general name for the open seas that cover 71% of the {<LGLe003.HTM>Earth's} surface., |
772 | GL | LGLO002.HTM | Okapi | |
773 | GL | LGLO003.HTM | olfactory | Having something to do with the sense of smell., |
774 | GL | LGLO004.HTM | Oligocene epoch | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time}_, an {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch} within the {<LGLt019.HTM>Tertiary} {<LGLp033.HTM>period}_. , ,The Oligocene epoch dates from 38 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to 25 million years ago., |
775 | GL | LGLO005.HTM | omnivore | An omnivore is an animal that feeds on both animals and plants. , ,Most {<LGLh041.HTM>humans} are omnivores., |
776 | GL | LGLO006.HTM | On the Origin of Species | |
777 | GL | LGLO007.HTM | ontogeny | The embryonic development of an individual {<LGLo016.HTM>organism}_., |
778 | GL | LGLO008.HTM | onychophoran | |
779 | GL | LGLO009.HTM | optic nerve | In animals the optic nerve links the {<LGLe052.HTM>eye} to the {<LGLb047.HTM>brain}_. , ,It transmits sensations from the eyes to the brain., |
780 | GL | LGLO010.HTM | order | |
781 | GL | LGLO011.HTM | Ordovician period | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time}_, a {<LGLp033.HTM>period} during the {<LGLp008.HTM>Paleozoic era}_. , ,The Ordovician period dates from 500 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to 440 million years ago., |
782 | GL | LGLO012.HTM | organ | An organ is a collection of {<LGLt033.HTM>tissues}_. , ,The organ has a definite form and structure and is able to perform one or more specific functions., |
783 | GL | LGLO013.HTM | organelles | One of several types of specialised sub-regions within a {<LGLe039.HTM>eukaryotic} cell., |
784 | GL | LGLO014.HTM | organic | |
785 | GL | LGLO015.HTM | organic chemistry | Organic chemistry is the study of {<LGLc011.HTM>carbon}-based chemistry. It is very important to {<LGLb024.HTM>biology}_., |
786 | GL | LGLO016.HTM | organism | |
787 | GL | LGLO017.HTM | Orgel, Leslie | |
788 | GL | LGLO018.HTM | ornithologist | An ornithologist is somebody who studies birds. The study of birds is called ornithology., |
789 | GL | LGLO020.HTM | Osborne, Thomas | The American biologist Thomas Osborne was able to demonstrate, in 1859, that there is a vast number of {<LGLp098.HTM>proteins}_, and some of these contain {<LGLa036.HTM>amino acids}_, which are essential for {<LGLl014.HTM>life}_., |
790 | GL | LGLO021.HTM | osmosis | |
791 | GL | LGLO022.HTM | `out of Africa' theory | See {<LGLm070.HTM>monogenesis theory}_., |
792 | GL | LGLO023.HTM | ovary | In {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} the ovaries form the part of the female {<LGLr021.HTM>reproductive} system. They produce {<LGLe014.HTM>egg} {<LGLc019.HTM>cells}_., |
793 | GL | LGLO024.HTM | ovipary | See {<LGLv018.HTM>vivipary}_., |
794 | GL | LGLO025.HTM | ovulation | In female {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_, ovulation is the release of an immature {<LGLe014.HTM>egg} from an {<LGLo023.HTM>ovary}_, during the menstrual cycle., |
795 | GL | LGLO026.HTM | ovule | |
796 | GL | LGLO027.HTM | ovum | An ovum is a mature female {<LGLg007.HTM>gamete}_, or {<LGLe014.HTM>egg}_., |
797 | GL | LGLO028.HTM | oxygen | |
798 | GL | LGLO029.HTM | ozone | |
799 | GL | LGLO030.HTM | ozone layer | |
800 | GL | LGLP000.HTM | Glossary P | |
801 | GL | LGLP001.HTM | pain | , |
802 | GL | LGLP002.HTM | paleoanthropology | The study of human origins and evolution. , ,It's a controversial subject, as you can see from {<../ID/LID0900.htm>here}_., |
803 | GL | LGLP003.HTM | paleobiology | , |
804 | GL | LGLP004.HTM | Paleocene | |
805 | GL | LGLP005.HTM | Palaeolithic | The time period beginning around 3.5 million years ago and lasting through to the end of the {<LGLp066.HTM>Pleistocene} period, approximately 12,000 years ago. , , |
806 | GL | LGLP006.HTM | palaeontology, paleontology | |
807 | GL | LGLP007.HTM | Palaeostrian | The geological age containing the oldest forms of organised life, including flowering plants and reptiles. , ,It is also called the {<LGLp008.HTM>Paleozoic} era., , |
808 | GL | LGLP008.HTM | Paleozoic era | |
809 | GL | LGLP009.HTM | Paley, William | |
810 | GL | LGLP010.HTM | Paley's watch | The watch referred to in {<LGLp009.HTM>William Paley's} 1802 book. Paley used the idea of a watch as an argument that organisms must have had a creator, that creator being God., ,You can find out more on this {<../BE/LBE0101.htm>here}_., |
811 | GL | LGLP011.HTM | pandemic | An epidemic that affects a wide geographic area. , , |
812 | GL | LGLP012.HTM | Pangea | |
813 | GL | LGLP013.HTM | panspermia | |
814 | GL | LGLP014.HTM | parallel universe | |
815 | GL | LGLP015.HTM | parasite | |
816 | GL | LGLP016.HTM | parasitism | See {<LGLp015.HTM>parasite}_., |
817 | GL | LGLP017.HTM | parasitology | , |
818 | GL | LGLP018.HTM | parthenogenesis | |
819 | GL | LGLP019.HTM | particle | , |
820 | GL | LGLP020.HTM | Pasteur, Louis | |
821 | GL | LGLP021.HTM | patch reef | |
822 | GL | LGLP022.HTM | pathogen | A pathogen is a {<LGLs044.HTM>species} that is able to cause a disease by infecting a host. , |
823 | GL | LGLP023.HTM | pathology | , |
824 | GL | LGLP024.HTM | Pavlov, Ivan | |
825 | GL | LGLP025.HTM | Pavlov's dog | See {<LGLp024.HTM>Ivan Pavlov.}, |
826 | GL | LGLP026.HTM | pecking order | , |
827 | GL | LGLP027.HTM | Peking man | |
828 | GL | LGLP028.HTM | Pelagic zone | Open Water that is fairly deep., , |
829 | GL | LGLP029.HTM | penis | The male organ which transfers sperm into the female body for internal {<LGLf009.HTM>fertilisation}_., |
830 | GL | LGLP030.HTM | Pennsylvanian period | |
831 | GL | LGLP031.HTM | perception | |
832 | GL | LGLP032.HTM | perennial | Perennial {<LGLp061.HTM>plants} are plants which live for more than two growing seasons, even if they die down in the winter., |
833 | GL | LGLP033.HTM | period | |
834 | GL | LGLP034.HTM | permafrost | |
835 | GL | LGLP035.HTM | Permian extinctions | |
836 | GL | LGLP036.HTM | Permian period | A period in the {<LGLg024.HTM>geological timescale} 290 million to 245 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago. , ,Something interesting happened {<../ID/LID0804.htm>at the end} of this period., |
837 | GL | LGLP037.HTM | pH | |
838 | GL | LGLP038.HTM | phage | See {<LGLb002.HTM>bacteriophage.}, |
839 | GL | LGLP039.HTM | phanerozoic period | , |
840 | GL | LGLP040.HTM | phenetics | , |
841 | GL | LGLP041.HTM | phenotype | The phenotype of an organism is its physical appearance., ,See also {<LGLg022.HTM>genotype}_., |
842 | GL | LGLP042.HTM | pheromone | Pheromones are chemicals that are used by the males or females of a species to attract partners for mating., |
843 | GL | LGLP043.HTM | philosophy | The study of the ultimate reality, causes, and principles underlying being and thinking., ,Well, you did ask!, |
844 | GL | LGLP044.HTM | photic zone | The level of water where there light can penetrate sufficiently to allow {<LGLp045.HTM>photosynthesis}_. , |
845 | GL | LGLP045.HTM | photosynthesis | |
846 | GL | LGLP046.HTM | phototropism | Phototropism is the growth response that a {<LGLp061.HTM>plant} shows to a light source. , ,For example if a plant is exposed to light on one side only, the plant will tend to grow towards this light source. This is phototropism., |
847 | GL | LGLP047.HTM | phylogenetics | Phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history of related groups of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_., |
848 | GL | LGLP048.HTM | phylogeny | The evolutionary history of related groups of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms} is known as phylogeny. , |
849 | GL | LGLP049.HTM | phylum | |
850 | GL | LGLP050.HTM | physics | The branch of science that deals with the properties of matter and energy, motion and force., |
851 | GL | LGLP051.HTM | physiology | |
852 | GL | LGLP052.HTM | phytoplankton | Phytoplankton are tiny, free-floating green {<LGLp061.htM>plants} found in the open sea., |
853 | GL | LGLP053.HTM | pigment | Pigment is a substance which gives colour to something, such as skin or hair., |
854 | GL | LGLP054.HTM | Pinker, Stephen | |
855 | GL | LGLP055.HTM | Pithecanthropus erectus | See {<LGLj001.HTM>Java man}_., |
856 | GL | LGLP056.HTM | placenta | |
857 | GL | LGLP057.HTM | placental mammal | A placental mammal is a {<LGLm005.HTM>mammal} which develops inside its mother uterus, where it is nourished by the {<LGLp056.HTM>placenta}_., |
858 | GL | LGLP058.HTM | planet | |
859 | GL | LGLP059.HTM | plankton | Plankton are communities of {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms}_, mostly small, that drift or swim near the surface of {<LGLo001.HTM>oceans}_, ponds and lakes. , ,The word plankton comes from the Greek 'planktos' meaning 'wandering'., , |
860 | GL | LGLP060.HTM | Plantae | |
861 | GL | LGLP061.HTM | plants | |
862 | GL | LGLP062.HTM | Planula | The term used to describe coral after the egg has been fertilised and before development into a polyp., , |
863 | GL | LGLP063.HTM | plate tectonics | |
864 | GL | LGLP064.HTM | platelet | , |
865 | GL | LGLP065.HTM | Platyhelminthes | Platyhelminthes is the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} to which flatworms belong. , ,Most flatworms are {<LGLh015.HTM>hermaphrodites}_, and many are {<LGLp015.HTM>parasites}_., |
866 | GL | LGLP066.HTM | Pleistocene | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time} the Pleistocene {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch} ran from two {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to about 10,000 years ago., ,The Pleistocene epoch is part of the {<LGLq002.HTM>Quatenary} {<LGLp033.HTM>period}_., , |
867 | GL | LGLP067.HTM | plesiosaur | , |
868 | GL | LGLP068.HTM | Pliocene | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time} the Pliocene {<LGLe033.HTM>epoch} ran from 5 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to about 2 million years ago., ,The Pliocene epoch is part of the {<LGLt019.HTM>Tertiary} {<LGLp033.HTM>period}_., |
869 | GL | LGLP069.HTM | poikilothermic | |
870 | GL | LGLP070.HTM | pollen | In plants, pollen is the dust-like substance produced by a flower's anthers, which contains the plant's male sex cells. , |
871 | GL | LGLP071.HTM | pollination | |
872 | GL | LGLP072.HTM | polygamous | An animal is polygamous if it mates with more than one mate. , ,It is usually the male animal which mates with several females, but this is not always the case., |
873 | GL | LGLP073.HTM | polygyny | , |
874 | GL | LGLP074.HTM | polymer | A long-chain {<LGLm064.HTM>molecule} made of smaller molecules called monomers, linked together repetitively, with small but important variations., |
875 | GL | LGLP075.HTM | polymorphism | |
876 | GL | LGLP076.HTM | polyp | The sedentary phase in the life cycle of some {<LGLc057.HTM>cnidarians}_. , ,A polyp is a cup-shaped individual with a single body opening, the mouth, surrounded by stinging tentacles., , |
877 | GL | LGLP077.HTM | population | |
878 | GL | LGLP078.HTM | poriphera | , |
879 | GL | LGLP079.HTM | positive feedback | |
880 | GL | LGLP080.HTM | posterior | At the back, or closer to the back. ({<LGLa056.HTM>Anterior} means the opposite.), |
881 | GL | LGLP081.HTM | potential energy | , |
882 | GL | LGLP082.HTM | pre-archean period | The first period in the geological timescale. , ,It began 4,600 million years ago and saw the formation of the {<LGLe003.HTM>Earth}_, Moon and {<LGLp058.HTM>planets}_, and the formation of the Earth's magnetic field., |
883 | GL | LGLP083.HTM | prebiotic | , |
884 | GL | LGLP084.HTM | Precambrian | |
885 | GL | LGLP085.HTM | predator | A predator is animal that consumes another live animal., , |
886 | GL | LGLP086.HTM | preformation | |
887 | GL | LGLP087.HTM | pregnancy | The period when the female {<LGLm005.HTM>mammal} has an embryo or a foetus developing inside her {<LGLu015.HTM>uterus}_. , ,Also called gestation, pregnancy begins when the {<LGLe014.HTM>egg} is fertilised, and it ends at the birth., |
888 | GL | LGLP088.HTM | prehistory | , |
889 | GL | LGLP089.HTM | prey | Animals which are eaten by other animals, known as {<LGLp085.HTM>predators}_. , ,Most predators are bigger than their prey, and are well adapted to be able to catch the prey., |
890 | GL | LGLP090.HTM | primate | |
891 | GL | LGLP091.HTM | primeval soup | How life might have started on Earth: a soup, or broth, of chemicals at the water's edge., ,It's discussed in more detail {<../ID/LID0600.htm>here}_., |
892 | GL | LGLP0915.HTM | prisoner's dilemma | |
893 | GL | LGLP092.HTM | proboscis | A tube-like appendage which forms the mouth part of certain {<LGLi019.HTM>invertebrates} such as butterflies. It is used to suck liquids such as nectar from flowers., |
894 | GL | LGLP093.HTM | prognathous | Prognathous means with a jutting jaw., |
895 | GL | LGLP094.HTM | prokaryotes | Prokaryotes are creatures which are made up of {<LGLp095.HTM>prokaryotic cells}_., |
896 | GL | LGLP095.HTM | prokaryotic cells | |
897 | GL | LGLP096.HTM | prosimian | Prosimians are an order of primitive tree-dwelling {<LGLp090.HTM>primates}_. , ,They are mainly nocturnal, and tend to have large {<LGLe052.HTM>eyes}_, to help them find prey in the dark, and grasping hands adapted for tree life. , |
898 | GL | LGLP097.HTM | Protarchaeopteryx | |
899 | GL | LGLP098.HTM | protein | |
900 | GL | LGLP099.HTM | Proterozoic period | |
901 | GL | LGLP100.HTM | Protista | |
902 | GL | LGLP101.HTM | proton | An elementary atomic particle with a positive charge., |
903 | GL | LGLP102.HTM | protoplasm | The living materials of a {<LGLc019.HTM>cell}_, comprising the {<LGLn027.HTM>nucleus} and the {<LGLc107.HTM>cytoplasm}_., |
904 | GL | LGLP103.HTM | protozoa | A group of single-celled {<LGLo016.HTM>organisms} without a cell wall. , ,They all require a fluid {<LGLe028.HTM>environment} and live by taking in food, rather than making it by {<LGLp045.HTM>photosynthesis}_., |
905 | GL | LGLP104.HTM | pseudopod | A membrane-bound {<LGLc107.HTM>cytoplasmic} projection from an ameboid cell, used for {<LGLd024.HTM>digestion} and {<LGLl025.HTM>locomotion}_. , |
906 | GL | LGLP105.HTM | pterosaur | The pterosaur was a giant flying lizard which belonged to the same group of reptiles as the {<LGLd026.HTM>dinosaurs}_, and lived on Earth at the same time., |
907 | GL | LGLP106.HTM | P-Tr event | |
908 | GL | LGLP107.HTM | puberty | |
909 | GL | LGLP108.HTM | punctuated equilibrium | |
910 | GL | LGLP109.HTM | pupa | , |
911 | GL | LGLP110.HTM | purines | , |
912 | GL | LGLP111.HTM | purpose | , |
913 | GL | LGLP112.HTM | pyrimidines | , |
914 | GL | LGLQ000.HTM | Glossary Q | {<LGLq001.HTM>quadrupedalism},{<LGLq002.HTM>Quaternary}, |
915 | GL | LGLQ001.HTM | quadrupedalism | Walking on four legs. , ,Compare this with {<LGLb036.HTM>bipedalism}_., |
916 | GL | LGLQ002.HTM | Quaternary period | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time} the Quaternary period runs from about 1.8 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to the present., |
917 | GL | LGLR000.HTM | Glossary R | |
918 | GL | LGLR001.HTM | race | , |
919 | GL | LGLR002.HTM | radial symmetry | |
920 | GL | LGLR003.HTM | radioactive dating | Radioactive dating is a method of determining the age of {<LGLf023.HTM>fossils}_. , ,The method uses the half-lives of radioactive {<LGLi027.HTM>isotopes} to make the calculation., |
921 | GL | LGLR004.HTM | radioactive decay | |
922 | GL | LGLR005.HTM | radiometric dating | |
923 | GL | LGLR006.HTM | ramapithecus | , |
924 | GL | LGLR007.HTM | random genetic drift | |
925 | GL | LGLR008.HTM | range | , |
926 | GL | LGLR009.HTM | Raup, David | |
927 | GL | LGLR010.HTM | Ray, John | |
928 | GL | LGLR011.HTM | recessive gene | |
929 | GL | LGLR0115.HTM | reciprocal altruism | |
930 | GL | LGLR012.HTM | reductionism | |
931 | GL | LGLR013.HTM | reef | See {<LGLc082.HTM>coral reef}_., |
932 | GL | LGLR014.HTM | reflex | |
933 | GL | LGLR015.HTM | Relative Dating | |
934 | GL | LGLR016.HTM | renaissance | , |
935 | GL | LGLR017.HTM | replacement species | , |
936 | GL | LGLR018.HTM | replicating entities | |
937 | GL | LGLR019.HTM | replication | |
938 | GL | LGLR020.HTM | replicator | A replicator is a thing that can {<LGLr019.HTM>replicate}_, or make copies of itself., ,{<LGLd032.HTM>DNA} is a replicator. But {<../ID/LID0605.htm>it might not have been the first replicator}_. , |
939 | GL | LGLR021.HTM | reproduction | |
940 | GL | LGLR022.HTM | reptile | |
941 | GL | LGLR023.HTM | Reptilia | The {<LGLc049.HTM>class} to which reptiles belong., ,The class Reptilia belongs to the {<LGLp049.HTM>phylum} {<LGLc038.HTM>Chordata}_. (What does that tell you about reptiles?) , |
942 | GL | LGLR024.HTM | respiration | See {<LGLb048.HTM>breathing}_., |
943 | GL | LGLR025.HTM | ribonucleic acid | |
944 | GL | LGLR026.HTM | ribosome | |
945 | GL | LGLR027.HTM | rift valley | , |
946 | GL | LGLR028.HTM | ring species | , |
947 | GL | LGLR029.HTM | RNA | See {<LGLr025.HTM>ribonucleic acid}_., |
948 | GL | LGLR030.HTM | rubicon | , |
949 | GL | LGLR031.HTM | ruminant | |
950 | GL | LGLS000.HTM | Glossary S | |
951 | GL | LGLS001.HTM | saddleback bird | |
952 | GL | LGLS002.HTM | salinity | The level of salt in natural waters., , |
953 | GL | LGLS003.HTM | saprophyte | An {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} which obtains its {<LGLn029.HTM>nutrition} from dead or decaying {<LGLo014.HTM>organic} material., , |
954 | GL | LGLS0035.HTM | saprotrophic | Saprotrophs are organisms that feed on the dead and decaying matter on which they live., ,Yeasts are microscopic {<LGLu005.HTM>unicellular} {<LGLf029.HTM>fungi} which feed saprotrophically. , , |
955 | GL | LGLS004.HTM | scavenger | , |
956 | GL | LGLS005.HTM | Schroedinger, Erwin | |
957 | GL | LGLS006.HTM | Schwann, Theodor | , |
958 | GL | LGLS007.HTM | Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence | See {<LGLs022.HTM>SETI.}, |
959 | GL | LGLS008.HTM | second law of thermodynamics | , |
960 | GL | LGLS009.HTM | sediment | Water-borne matter that settles to the bottom of liquid., , |
961 | GL | LGLS010.HTM | sedimentary rock | |
962 | GL | LGLS011.HTM | seed | |
963 | GL | LGLS012.HTM | segmentation | , |
964 | GL | LGLS013.HTM | selection | |
965 | GL | LGLS014.HTM | selfish | |
966 | GL | LGLS015.HTM | Selfish Gene | |
967 | GL | LGLS016.HTM | self regulating entity | |
968 | GL | LGLS017.HTM | self regulation | See {<LGLs016.HTM>self regulating entity}_., |
969 | GL | LGLS0175.HTM | self replication | |
970 | GL | LGLS0176.HTM | self replicating entity | |
971 | GL | LGLS018.HTM | semen | Semen is a fluid containing sperm and secretions which are added to the sperm from the testicles, prostate, and seminal vesicles during ejaculation of the sperm through the {<LGLp029.HTM>penis}_. , |
972 | GL | LGLS019.HTM | sentient | , |
973 | GL | LGLS020.HTM | Sepkoski, Jack | |
974 | GL | LGLS021.HTM | sequoia | |
975 | GL | LGLS022.HTM | SETI | |
976 | GL | LGLS023.HTM | sex | |
977 | GL | LGLS024.HTM | sexual dimorphism | |
978 | GL | LGLS025.HTM | sexual recombination | See Pinker's glossary, |
979 | GL | LGLS026.HTM | sexual reproduction | |
980 | GL | LGLS027.HTM | sexual selection | Sexual selection is the choice of mates by individuals., , |
981 | GL | LGLS028.HTM | shell | |
982 | GL | LGLS029.HTM | shooting star | , |
983 | GL | LGLS0295.HTM | silicon | |
984 | GL | LGLS030.HTM | Silurian period | |
985 | GL | LGLS031.HTM | simian | , |
986 | GL | LGLS0315.HTM | simulation | |
987 | GL | LGLS032.HTM | Sinosauropteryx | |
988 | GL | LGLS033.HTM | sixth extinction | |
989 | GL | LGLS0335.HTM | skeleton | |
990 | GL | LGLS034.HTM | skin | |
991 | GL | LGLS035.HTM | skull | The skull is the bony skeleton of the head of a {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrate}_. , ,It protects the vertebrate's {<LGLb047.HTM>brain} and sense organs. The skull consists of a complex set of interlocking bones., |
992 | GL | LGLS036.HTM | smell | Smell is an olfactory sense which enables animals which live on land to detect the chemicals present in the air that they breathe. , ,It provides one means of distinguishing different substances., |
993 | GL | LGLS037.HTM | sociobiology | Sociobiology is a discipline which seeks to find evolutionary explanations for the social behaviour of animals., |
994 | GL | LGLS038.HTM | solid | , |
995 | GL | LGLS039.HTM | South Pole | The South Pole is 1235 km from the closest coastline and is situated high on the polar plateau., , |
996 | GL | LGLS040.HTM | Southern Ocean | |
997 | GL | LGLS041.HTM | Spallanzani, Lazzaro | , |
998 | GL | LGLS042.HTM | specialisation | |
999 | GL | LGLS043.HTM | speciation | Speciation is the process of producing new {<LGLs044.HTM>species}_., |
1000 | GL | LGLS044.HTM | species | |
1001 | GL | LGLS045.HTM | species diversity | , |
1002 | GL | LGLS046.HTM | species richness | , |
1003 | GL | LGLS047.HTM | species selection | , |
1004 | GL | LGLS048.HTM | speleology | , |
1005 | GL | LGLS049.HTM | sperm | , |
1006 | GL | LGLS050.HTM | spermatophore | , |
1007 | GL | LGLS051.HTM | spinal cord | |
1008 | GL | LGLS052.HTM | spine | |
1009 | GL | LGLS053.HTM | sponge | |
1010 | GL | LGLS054.HTM | spore | Tiny reproductive {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} of non-flowering plants and resistant forms of {<LGLb001.HTM>bacteria}_. , , |
1011 | GL | LGLS055.HTM | squillion | Lots. , ,Probably lots more than a {<LGLm050.HTM>million}_, and maybe even more than a {<LGLb017.HTM>billion}_., |
1012 | GL | LGLS056.HTM | stability | , |
1013 | GL | LGLS057.HTM | stamen | The stamen is the male reproductive organ of a flower. , ,It consists of a filament, or stalk, and the anther, which produces the {<LGLp070.HTM>pollen}_., |
1014 | GL | LGLS058.HTM | Stanley Miller | , |
1015 | GL | LGLS059.HTM | star | A star is a ball of hot glowing gas. , ,Stars are found in galaxies and each galaxy has different kinds of stars. Nobody knows how many stars there are in the Universe., |
1016 | GL | LGLS060.HTM | Star Trek | |
1017 | GL | LGLS061.HTM | stony coral | Also known as hard corals and true corals. These corals have a stony {<LGLe048.HTM>exoskeleton} on which colonies build themselves., , |
1018 | GL | LGLS062.HTM | strain | , |
1019 | GL | LGLS063.HTM | stromatolites | |
1020 | GL | LGLS064.HTM | subclass | A subclass is level in the {<LGLc050.HTM>classification} system. , ,The {<LGLc049.HTM>class} is the third level in the classification system and a subclass is a way of dividing up the members of a particular class., |
1021 | GL | LGLS065.HTM | sublimation | Sublimation is the transition from solid to gas without a passage through the liquid state., |
1022 | GL | LGLS066.HTM | subphylum | |
1023 | GL | LGLS067.HTM | subspecies | A subspecies is a subdivision of a {<LGLs044.HTM>species}_. , , |
1024 | GL | LGLS068.HTM | substrate | A substrate is an area of {<LGLn028.HTM>nutrient} on which {<LGLb001.HTM>bacteria}_, or {<LGLe029.HTM>enzymes} can react., , |
1025 | GL | LGLS069.HTM | sulphur | , |
1026 | GL | LGLS070.HTM | Sun | |
1027 | GL | LGLS071.HTM | superclass | , |
1028 | GL | LGLS072.HTM | super-continent | A landmass which includes two or more major continents, such as {<LGLg038.HTM>Gondwanaland} or {<LGLp012.HTM>Pangea}_., |
1029 | GL | LGLS073.HTM | super organism | |
1030 | GL | LGLS074.HTM | surrogate | , |
1031 | GL | LGLS075.HTM | survival of the fittest | A common term used to describe {<LGLe043.HTM>evolutionary} {<LGLt025.HTM>theory}_. , ,It works on the basis that only the 'fittest' survive. The question is: survival of the fittest what? {<../ID/LID0700.htm>Here's} a place to start., |
1032 | GL | LGLS076.HTM | Swammerdam, Jan | , |
1033 | GL | LGLS077.HTM | sweat | , |
1034 | GL | LGLS078.HTM | symbiosis | |
1035 | GL | LGLS079.HTM | symmetry | , |
1036 | GL | LGLS080.HTM | sympatric speciation | |
1037 | GL | LGLS081.HTM | synapse | , |
1038 | GL | LGLS082.HTM | Systema Naturae | |
1039 | GL | LGLS083.HTM | systematics | |
1040 | GL | LGLT000.HTM | Glossary T | |
1041 | GL | LGLT001.HTM | tamagotchi | Your virtual pet who's fun to be with. , ,Does it {<LGLn029.HTM>feed}_? {<LGLg0485.HTM>Grow}_? {<LGLr021.HTM>Reproduce}_? Is it - {<LGLl014.HTM>alive} -?, |
1042 | GL | LGLT002.HTM | taste | |
1043 | GL | LGLT003.HTM | taste bud | |
1044 | GL | LGLT004.HTM | Taung child | |
1045 | GL | LGLT005.HTM | taxon | |
1046 | GL | LGLT006.HTM | taxonomy | |
1047 | GL | LGLT007.HTM | tears | |
1048 | GL | LGLT008.HTM | technology | |
1049 | GL | LGLT009.HTM | tectonic plate | |
1050 | GL | LGLT010.HTM | teeth | In {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} teeth are used to break down food before it is swallowed, or ingested. Teeth are specialised for this purpose. , ,The chewing action of the teeth is called mastication., |
1051 | GL | LGLT011.HTM | teleology | |
1052 | GL | LGLT012.HTM | temperate | |
1053 | GL | LGLT013.HTM | temperate forest | |
1054 | GL | LGLT014.HTM | temperature | |
1055 | GL | LGLT015.HTM | tendon | In {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} a tendon is a cord of dense {<LGLt033.HTM>tissue}_, connecting a muscle to a {<LGLb042.HTM>bone}_., |
1056 | GL | LGLT016.HTM | tentacle | , |
1057 | GL | LGLT017.HTM | territorial behaviour | |
1058 | GL | LGLT018.HTM | territory | |
1059 | GL | LGLT019.HTM | Tertiary period | |
1060 | GL | LGLT020.HTM | testes | Testes are part of the male reproductive system in {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_. They contain the male {<LGLg037.HTM>gonads}_, or sex cells., |
1061 | GL | LGLT021.HTM | tetrapod | A tetrapod is a {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrate} that possess two pair of limbs (that's four altogether). , ,{<LGLm005.HTM>Mammals}_, {<LGLr022.HTM>reptiles} and {<LGLb037.HTM>birds} all fall into this category., |
1062 | GL | LGLT022.HTM | The Beagle | {<../Pics/lpic001.bmp>The Beagle} was the ship that {<LGLd002.HTM>Charles Darwin} spent five years on., ,More {<../ID/LID0202.htm>here}_., |
1063 | GL | LGLT023.HTM | The Descent of Man | |
1064 | GL | LGLT024.HTM | theism | The belief in the existence of a God or gods whose presence is {<LGLi002.HTM>immanent} in the world., |
1065 | GL | LGLT025.HTM | theory | See {<LGLh050.HTM>hypothesis}_., |
1066 | GL | LGLT026.HTM | thermodynamics, second law of | |
1067 | GL | LGLT027.HTM | thermophile | A thermophile is an {<LGLo016.HTM>organism} that thrives at high temperatures., |
1068 | GL | LGLT028.HTM | thermoregulation | , |
1069 | GL | LGLT029.HTM | thermostat | |
1070 | GL | LGLT030.HTM | thorax | |
1071 | GL | LGLT031.HTM | thymine | |
1072 | GL | LGLT032.HTM | time | |
1073 | GL | LGLT033.HTM | tissue | |
1074 | GL | LGLT034.HTM | tongue | |
1075 | GL | LGLT035.HTM | tool | , |
1076 | GL | LGLT036.HTM | tooth | One of {<LGLt010.HTM>these}_., |
1077 | GL | LGLT037.HTM | topology | , |
1078 | GL | LGLT038.HTM | touch | Touch is a sense. Sensation is produced when specialised {<LGLn014.HTM>nerve} endings in the skin are stimulated. , |
1079 | GL | LGLT039.HTM | toxin | , |
1080 | GL | LGLT040.HTM | toxicity | Level of poison in given environment or organism., , |
1081 | GL | LGLT041.HTM | trait | The characteristic of something. It might be physical or a behavioural or personality trait., , |
1082 | GL | LGLT042.HTM | transformism | |
1083 | GL | LGLT043.HTM | transpiration | |
1084 | GL | LGLT044.HTM | tree of life | , |
1085 | GL | LGLT045.HTM | Triassic | In {<LGLg024.HTM>geological time} the Triassic {<LGLp033.HTM>period} runs from around 245 {<LGLm050.HTM>million} years ago to 210 million years ago., ,The Triassic period is part of the {<LGLm027.HTM>Mesozoic} {<LGLe035.HTM>era}_., |
1086 | GL | LGLT046.HTM | trillion | One thousand {<LGLb017.HTM>billion}_, which is the same as one million, million. It's 1,000,000,000,000., |
1087 | GL | LGLT047.HTM | trilobite | |
1088 | GL | LGLT048.HTM | tropical | |
1089 | GL | LGLT049.HTM | tropical rainforest | |
1090 | GL | LGLT0495.HTM | true breeding | |
1091 | GL | LGLT050.HTM | tuatara | |
1092 | GL | LGLT051.HTM | tube foot | |
1093 | GL | LGLT052.HTM | tuberculosis | A highly infectious disease that affects both people and animals., , |
1094 | GL | LGLT053.HTM | tundra | |
1095 | GL | LGLT054.HTM | Turing test | |
1096 | GL | LGLT055.HTM | Turing, Alan | |
1097 | GL | LGLT056.HTM | twins | |
1098 | GL | LGLU000.HTM | Glossary U | |
1099 | GL | LGLU001.HTM | ultrasound | Sound which has a wavelength just below the audible end of the spectrum (audible to {<LGLh041.HTM>humans}_, that is)., |
1100 | GL | LGLU002.HTM | ultraviolet light | Light which has a wavelength just beyond the visible end of the spectrum., |
1101 | GL | LGLU003.HTM | understorey | The layer of a forest between the canopy and the field layer. , ,Little light reaches the understorey so the {<LGLp061.HTM>plants} which grow there are fairly low growing., |
1102 | GL | LGLU004.HTM | ungulate | This is the general name given to any type of hoofed {<LGLm005.HTM>mammal}_. , ,Pigs, camels, horses and cows are all ungulates. We aren't., |
1103 | GL | LGLU005.HTM | unicellular organism | |
1104 | GL | LGLU006.HTM | uniformitariansim | |
1105 | GL | LGLU007.HTM | Universe | The 'Universe' is the term used for everything that we have knowledge of, or ever can have knowledge of, within our space and time., ,You might need to sit down whilst you try to imagine how big that is!, |
1106 | GL | LGLU008.HTM | uracil | |
1107 | GL | LGLU009.HTM | urea | Urea is the waste product that is formed when {<LGLp098.HTM>proteins} are broken down in the liver. , ,Urea is {<LGLe047.HTM>excreted} in the {<LGLu013.HTM>urine}_., |
1108 | GL | LGLU010.HTM | ureter | A tube leading from the kidney to the bladder., |
1109 | GL | LGLU011.HTM | urethra | A tube which carries {<LGLu013.HTM>urine} and releases it to the outside. In the male it also carries {<LGLs049.HTM>sperm}_., |
1110 | GL | LGLU012.HTM | Urey, Harold | |
1111 | GL | LGLU013.HTM | urine | |
1112 | GL | LGLU014.HTM | Urschleim | The so-called 'primeval slime' of the creation., ,In the 1870's scientists aboard the British ship Challenger attempted to find this Urschleim - {<../ID/LID0601.htm>without success}_. , , |
1113 | GL | LGLU015.HTM | uterus | |
1114 | GL | LGLV000.HTM | Glossary V | |
1115 | GL | LGLV001.HTM | vaccine | A preparation of weakened or dead {<LGLv015.HTM>virus} or {<LGLb001.HTM>bacteria} used to stimulate the body's defences and prevent infection. , ,A vaccine therefore increases {<LGLI004.HTM>immunity} to certain diseases., |
1116 | GL | LGLV002.HTM | vacuole | |
1117 | GL | LGLV003.HTM | vagina | |
1118 | GL | LGLV004.HTM | variable | An unknown factor used as a test in an experiment., |
1119 | GL | LGLV005.HTM | variation | |
1120 | GL | LGLV006.HTM | vascular plant | One of a large group of {<LGLp061.HTM>plants} whose stems contain special {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} for carrying food and water., |
1121 | GL | LGLV007.HTM | vascular tissue system | The system in plants consisting of the {<LGLx001.HTM>xylem} and phloem {<LGLc019.HTM>cells} which carries food and water through the plant and helps strengthen the roots, stems and leaves., |
1122 | GL | LGLV008.HTM | vegetation | The plant cover of an area or region., |
1123 | GL | LGLV009.HTM | vein | |
1124 | GL | LGLV010.HTM | venom | |
1125 | GL | LGLV011.HTM | ventricle | The muscular chamber of the heart which pumps {<LGLb039.HTM>blood} to the body., |
1126 | GL | LGLV012.HTM | vertebrae | The series of interlocking bones which make up the backbone of {<LGLv013.HTM>vertebrates}_., |
1127 | GL | LGLV013.HTM | vertebrate | |
1128 | GL | LGLV014.HTM | viroid | A {<LGLp015.HTM>parasite} which consists of only a small {<LGLr029.HTM>RNA} {<LGLm064.HTM>molecule} and no {<LGLp098.HTM>protein} coat. , ,It affects plants., |
1129 | GL | LGLV015.HTM | virus | |
1130 | GL | LGLV016.HTM | vitalism | |
1131 | GL | LGLV017.HTM | vitamin | Vitamins are {<LGLo014.HTM>organic} compounds which are required in small amounts by {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} in order to maintain normal health. , ,Most vitamins cannot be made in the body, so they must be taken in as food in the diet., |
1132 | GL | LGLV018.HTM | vivipary | |
1133 | GL | LGLV019.HTM | von Bayer, Karl Ernest | Russian biologist who discovered (in 1827) that {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals} develop from {<LGLe014.HTM>eggs}_., |
1134 | GL | LGLV020.HTM | von Frisch, Karl | |
1135 | GL | LGLV021.HTM | von Haller, Albrecht | Swiss physiologist who published the first textbook on {<LGLp051.HTM>physiology} (in 1747)., |
1136 | GL | LGLW000.HTM | Glossary W | |
1137 | GL | LGLW001.HTM | Wallace, Alfred Russel | |
1138 | GL | LGLW002.HTM | warm-blooded animal | See {<LGLh032.HTM>homoiothermic}_., ,{<LGLh041.HTM>Humans} are examples of warm blooded animals., |
1139 | GL | LGLW003.HTM | warning colouration | The use of bright colouring by an animal to advertise to a possible {<LGLp085.HTM>predator} that the animal is not good to eat., |
1140 | GL | LGLW004.HTM | water | |
1141 | GL | LGLW005.HTM | Watson, James | |
1142 | GL | LGLW006.HTM | whiskers | Whiskers are stiff hairs that are found on the faces of many {<LGLm005.HTM>mammals}_. , ,They are used by the animal to help it sense its surrounding {<LGLe028.HTM>environment}_., |
1143 | GL | LGLW007.HTM | white smoker | |
1144 | GL | LGLW008.HTM | Whittaker, R H | |
1145 | GL | LGLW009.HTM | Wilberforce, Samuel | |
1146 | GL | LGLW010.HTM | Wilson, Edward O | |
1147 | GL | LGLW011.HTM | wings | |
1148 | GL | LGLW012.HTM | Woese, Carl | |
1149 | GL | LGLW013.HTM | womb | See {<LGLu015.HTM>uterus}_., |
1150 | GL | LGLX000.HTM | Glossary X | {<LGLx001.HTM>xylem}, |
1151 | GL | LGLX001.HTM | xylem | |
1152 | GL | LGLY000.HTM | Glossary Y | {<LGLy001.HTM>yeast},{<LGLy002.HTM>yolk}, |
1153 | GL | LGLY001.HTM | yeast | |
1154 | GL | LGLY002.HTM | yolk | |
1155 | GL | LGLZ000.HTM | Glossary Z | {<LGLZ001.HTM>zoology},{<LGLZ002.HTM>zooplankton},{<LGLZ003.HTM>zooxanthellae},{<LGLZ004.HTM>zygospore},{<LGLZ005.HTM>zygote},{<LGLZ006.HTM>zymase}, |
1156 | GL | LGLZ001.HTM | zoology | Zoology is the science of studying animals., |
1157 | GL | LGLZ002.HTM | zooplankton | The animals that are found in {<LGLP059.HTM>plankton}_. , ,See {<LGLH016.HTM>heterotroph}_., |
1158 | GL | LGLZ003.HTM | zooxanthellae | |
1159 | GL | LGLZ004.HTM | zygospore | |
1160 | GL | LGLZ005.HTM | zygote | |
1161 | GL | LGLZ006.HTM | zymase | A mixture of {<LGLe029.HTM>enzymes} present in {<LGLy001.HTM>yeast} and many other plants., , |
1162 | ID | LID0000.HTM | Ideas | |
1163 | ID | LID0100.HTM | Evolution | |
1164 | ID | LID0101.HTM | Evolution in a nutshell | |
1165 | ID | LID0102.HTM | Evolution not in a nutshell (it's not that simple!) | , |
1166 | ID | LID0103.HTM | Heredity | |
1167 | ID | LID0104.HTM | Variation | |
1168 | ID | LID0105.HTM | Differences in fitness | |
1169 | ID | LID01051.HTM | What evidence is there for evolution? | |
1170 | ID | LID01052.HTM | Evidence from biogeography | |
1171 | ID | LID01053.HTM | Evidence from palaeontology | |
1172 | ID | LID01054.HTM | Evidence from comparative anatomy | |
1173 | ID | LID01055.HTM | Evidence from computer models | |
1174 | ID | LID0106.HTM | Earlier thoughts on 'evolution' | |
1175 | ID | LID0107.HTM | Not just Darwin! | |
1176 | ID | LID0108.HTM | What evolution isn't | , |
1177 | ID | LID0109.HTM | The power of natural selection | |
1178 | ID | LID0110.HTM | Other ways of thinking about life | |
1179 | ID | LID0111.HTM | Some good books on evolution | |
1180 | ID | LID0200.HTM | Charles Darwin | |
1181 | ID | LID0201.HTM | Darwin the man | |
1182 | ID | LID0202.HTM | The Voyage of the Beagle | |
1183 | ID | LID0203.HTM | What's so special about the Galapagos Islands? | |
1184 | ID | LID0204.HTM | On the Origin of Species | |
1185 | ID | LID0205.HTM | Thomas Malthus and his Essay | |
1186 | ID | LID0206.HTM | The book shocked society | |
1187 | ID | LID0207.HTM | Mendel and the 'strong principle of inheritance' | |
1188 | ID | LID0208.HTM | Darwin's theory today | |
1189 | ID | LID0209.HTM | Progress and design | , |
1190 | ID | LID0210.HTM | Room for debate | |
1191 | ID | LID0211.HTM | Some good books on Charles Darwin | , |
1192 | ID | LID0300.HTM | Genes, chromosomes and DNA | |
1193 | ID | LID0301.HTM | Gregor Mendel: the man and his work | |
1194 | ID | LID0302.HTM | What Mendel discovered | |
1195 | ID | LID0303.HTM | Units of heredity | , |
1196 | ID | LID0304.HTM | The search for our genes: the hunt for DNA | |
1197 | ID | LID0305.HTM | Genes - our units of heredity | |
1198 | ID | LID0306.HTM | Weird facts | |
1199 | ID | LID0307.HTM | What are chromosomes? | , |
1200 | ID | LID0308.HTM | The human genome project | |
1201 | ID | LID0309.HTM | Genetic engineering: the new frontier | Quite simply: {<../BE/LBE0500.htm>genetic engineering} is the new cutting edge of science. We're all going to see a lot of change in the next few decades!, |
1202 | ID | LID0310.HTM | Some good books on this | |
1203 | ID | LID0400.HTM | How are organisms classified and organised? | |
1204 | ID | LID0401.HTM | Problems in classifying things | |
1205 | ID | LID0402.HTM | Earlier classification attempts | |
1206 | ID | LID0403.HTM | The most commonly accepted system | |
1207 | ID | LID0404.HTM | A new top level - the domain | |
1208 | ID | LID04045.HTM | Problem animals | |
1209 | ID | LID0405.HTM | What's a species? | |
1210 | ID | LID0406.HTM | How many species in the world? | |
1211 | ID | LID0407.HTM | Why Latin? | |
1212 | ID | LID0408.HTM | Cladistics | |
1213 | ID | LID0409.HTM | Cladistics and the traditional classification system | , |
1214 | ID | LID0410.HTM | Some good books on this | , |
1215 | ID | LID0500.HTM | Language, mind and morality | |
1216 | ID | LID0501.HTM | Do animals have language? | |
1217 | ID | LID0502.HTM | Where did human language come from? | |
1218 | ID | LID0503.HTM | How do I know that you exist? | |
1219 | ID | LID0504.HTM | Is this what philosophy is all about? | You know, I've always wondered what philosophers do all day. Is this what they think about?, ,Oh sorry, did you expect an answer to that question here?, |
1220 | ID | LID0505.HTM | What did Descartes say? | |
1221 | ID | LID0506.HTM | Dawkins' suggestion | |
1222 | ID | LID0507.HTM | Are human minds special? | |
1223 | ID | LID0508.HTM | What's morality anyway? | , |
1224 | ID | LID0509.HTM | If success is about being nasty, why be nice? | |
1225 | ID | LID0510.HTM | The big debate: nature versus nurture | |
1226 | ID | LID0511.HTM | Identical twins and nature versus nurture | |
1227 | ID | LID0512.HTM | Some good books on this | |
1228 | ID | LID0600.HTM | The origins of life | |
1229 | ID | LID0601.HTM | What we can say about how life began | |
1230 | ID | LID0602.HTM | What we can't say about how life began | |
1231 | ID | LID0603.HTM | Evolution and the origins of life | |
1232 | ID | LID0604.HTM | Origins theories 1: the primeval soup | |
1233 | ID | LID0605.HTM | Origins theories 2: Clay World | |
1234 | ID | LID0606.HTM | Theories 3: molecular tool kits | |
1235 | ID | LID0607.HTM | Origins theories 3: deep sea vents | |
1236 | ID | LID0608.HTM | Origins theories 4: life from outer space | |
1237 | ID | LID0609.HTM | When did life begin? | |
1238 | ID | LID0610.HTM | Myths around the world | |
1239 | ID | LID0611.HTM | Alternatives to how life began 2: the Christian tradition | |
1240 | ID | LID0612.HTM | Some good books on this | |
1241 | ID | LID0700.HTM | The selfish gene | |
1242 | ID | LID0701.HTM | Richard Dawkins and the theory of the Selfish Gene | , |
1243 | ID | LID0702.HTM | What does the theory say? | |
1244 | ID | LID0703.HTM | Does this overturn Darwin's theory of evolution? | |
1245 | ID | LID0704.HTM | Does the theory change anything? | , |
1246 | ID | LID0705.HTM | Altruism and the search to understand animal behaviour | |
1247 | ID | LID0706.HTM | Altruism: does it exist? | , |
1248 | ID | LID0707.HTM | Nobody's altruistic! | |
1249 | ID | LID0708.HTM | Some good books on the selfish gene theory | |
1250 | ID | LID0800.HTM | Mass extinctions | |
1251 | ID | LID0801.HTM | What is extinction anyway? | |
1252 | ID | LID0802.HTM | So what's a mass extinction? | |
1253 | ID | LID0803.HTM | Do mass extinctions happen often? | , |
1254 | ID | LID0804.HTM | The Permian extinctions | |
1255 | ID | LID0805.HTM | The Cretaceous extinctions | |
1256 | ID | LID0806.HTM | But we're not dinosaurs! | |
1257 | ID | LID0807.HTM | Punctuated equilibrium and the Cambrian explosion | |
1258 | ID | LID08075.HTM | Adaptive radiation | |
1259 | ID | LID0808.HTM | Extinction events | |
1260 | ID | LID0809.HTM | The sixth extinction: humankind | |
1261 | ID | LID0810.HTM | Some good books on mass extinctions | |
1262 | ID | LID0900.HTM | The origins of mankind | |
1263 | ID | LID0901.HTM | Where did we come from? | |
1264 | ID | LID0902.HTM | Our common ancestors | , |
1265 | ID | LID0903.HTM | What makes us 'us'? | |
1266 | ID | LID09035.HTM | Mitochondrial Eve | |
1267 | ID | LID0904.HTM | The Australopithecines | |
1268 | ID | LID0905.HTM | The Homo species | |
1269 | ID | LID09055.HTM | So what happened? | |
1270 | ID | LID0906.HTM | So much missing evidence | , |
1271 | ID | LID0907.HTM | Conflicting theories | |
1272 | ID | LID0908.HTM | Changing views of where we came from | |
1273 | ID | LID09085.HTM | Being bipedal | |
1274 | ID | LID0909.HTM | The Darwinian package | |
1275 | ID | LID0910.HTM | Some good books on us | |
1276 | ID | LID1000.HTM | Memes | |
1277 | ID | LID1001.HTM | What are memes? | |
1278 | ID | LID1002.HTM | Examples please | |
1279 | ID | LID1003.HTM | Is it a serious suggestion? | |
1280 | ID | LID1004.HTM | What is culture? | |
1281 | ID | LID10045.HTM | | |
1282 | ID | LID1005.HTM | So where is the idea of memes useful? | |
1283 | ID | LID1006.HTM | Where does the idea fall down? | |
1284 | ID | LID1007.HTM | Some good books on this | |
1285 | ID | LID1100.HTM | Gaia | |
1286 | ID | LID1101.HTM | Gaia: The Theory | |
1287 | ID | LID1102.HTM | Many scientists don't like it! | |
1288 | ID | LID1103.HTM | James Lovelock: the man | |
1289 | ID | LID1104.HTM | Self regulating entities - or purpose? | |
1290 | ID | LID1105.HTM | What evidence is there for Gaia? | |
1291 | ID | LID1106.HTM | Gaia and evolution | |
1292 | ID | LID1107.HTM | Gaia and the 'green movement' | |
1293 | ID | LID1108.HTM | Daisyworld | |
1294 | ID | LID1109.HTM | Some good books on Gaia | |
1295 | IN | LIN0100.HTM | Introduction | {<LIN0101.htm>An introduction to The History of Life},{<LIN0102.htm>Using 'The History of Life'},{<LIN0103.htm>A short history of life},{<LIN0104.htm>Places to start},{<LIN0105.htm>A note for Teachers},{<LIN0106.htm>Roll them credits!}, |
1296 | IN | LIN0101.HTM | An introduction to The History of Life | |
1297 | IN | LIN0102.HTM | Using 'The History of Life' | |
1298 | IN | LIN0103.HTM | A short history of life | |
1299 | IN | LIN0104.HTM | Places to start | |
1300 | IN | LIN0105.HTM | A note for Teachers | |
1301 | IN | LIN0106.HTM | Roll them credits! | |
1302 | IN | LIN0107.HTM | Media |
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