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The document provides background on analyzing fossils to determine evolutionary relationships. It describes developing a model evolutionary tree based on fossil morphology and age. Students will create a phylogenetic tree by arranging fictional fossils in order of age and morphology. They will analyze the tree to describe evolutionary changes, periods of divergence, and how the tree illustrates both gradualism and punctuated equilibrium models of evolution.
- Author
- Colin Prater
- Language
- EN