Lagerstatten Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Evolution exam one chapters 1-5 | with complete solution biological evolution - any change in the inherited traits of a population that occurs from one generation to the next natural selection - mechanism that can lead to evolution differential survival and reproduction of individuals cause some genetic types to outcompete others homologous characteristics - similar in two or more species because they are inherited from a common ancestor synapomorphy - derived form of a trait that i...

Descriptive notes explaining the fossil record, lagerstatten, evolutionary trends, evolution of vertebrates, mass extinctions, global climate, evidence for past climates, the influence of greenhouse gases, tectonics and volcanoes on the environment, and the Anthropocene.