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A unilineal descent group composed of at least two clans that share a supposedly common ancestry is called a:
 
  a. phratry
  b. moiety
  c. lineage
  d. tribe

Question 2

Define the term adaptive radiation and explain why it is important to the principle of evolution.
 
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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

It is the relatively rapid expansion and diversification of life-forms into new ecological niches.
New environments are the source of new selective pressures.



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