Vocabulary

• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• scheme of things: The way that things are generally ordered or arranged in the world or in a particular situation.
• as few as: The smallest possible number of.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• check out
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• factor: Something that influences a result
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• gesture: Bodily movement expressing a particular meaning
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• alive: Living; not dead
• person: Man, woman or child
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• great: Very good; better than before
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• tan: A light brown color
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• chromosome: Cell structures that carry the genetic material
• shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
• level: Specific height of something
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• live: To be alive
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
• lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
• differ: To be different; to be not like others
• tinder: Material for starting a fire
• ancestry: Family or race from which a person is descended
• fingerprint: Generic term for any identifying characteristic
• shuffling: To change the order of items/people in a group
• mitochondrial: Referring to mitochondria
• neanderthal: An early form of humans long since extinct
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• banjo: Guitar-like instrument with long neck, round body
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father