Biology GCSE
Impact on biological thought
What Impact on biological thought means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The ideas gave biology a unifying explanation for adaptation, biodiversity and the fossil record, and prompted questions about the age of the Earth and the place of humans in nature.
Topics that use Impact on biological thought
- Speciation (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Development of scientific theories
- Evidence for evolution
- Field evidence and biogeography
- Formation of new species
- Genetic and fossil evidence
- Geographical and reproductive isolation
- Independent discovery
- Mimicry
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