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Correlation
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Matching by bedrock layers or rock type or by age
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Evolution
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The gradual change in living organisms from generation to generation, over a long period of time
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Extinction
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The death of every individual of a particular species (ESRT)
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Index fossil
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Fossils used to establish the age of rocks; they must be easy to recognize, found over a large geographic area, and they must have existed for a brief period geologic time (ESRT)
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Paleontology
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The study of fossils
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Species
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A group of organisms so similar that they can breed to produce fertile offspring
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