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: The different types of creatures we see today looked different millions of years ago. The creatures have '''evolved'''.
: A single animal or plant does not '''evolve'''. A whole population '''evolves''' over many [[generation]]s.
: '''Evolution''' can be shown by looking at [[fossil]]s of creatures that lived millions of years ago.
===Examples===
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|[[File:GiraffeEvolution.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The giraffe used to have a short neck. Over many generations the population of giraffes had longer and longer necks.
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|+Millions of years ago the arctic fox and the desert fox were the same species.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Arctic Fox
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Desert Fox
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|[[File:ArcticFox.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:DesertFox.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Text
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Text
|}