Evolution (PCB 4674). Chapter 2. The evidence for evolution

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EVOLUTION/LECTURE1 Figure 2.5.c.: Balloon vine[Cardiospermum corindum (Sapindaceae)]. Soapberry bugs from Florida fed mostly on fruits of this vine until the introduction of the golden rain tree (Koelreuteria elegans (Sapindaceae) file:///E|/CH2-EVIDENCE-SPRING-2008/CHAPTER2_SPR_2008.HTML[12/8/2011 11:22:00 AM]
EVOLUTION/LECTURE1 Figure 2.5.d.: Golden rain tree (Koelreuteria elegans (Sapindaceae) 3.6.- Evidence from the fossil record.- A fossil is a trace of any organism that lived in the past. The total, worldwide collection of fossils, scattered among thousands of different institutions and individuals, is called the fossil record. The simple fact that fossils exist, and that the vast majority of fossils forms are unlike species that are living today, argues that life has changed though time 3.7.- The law of succession. There is a general correspondence between fossils and living forms. The law of succession maintains that the fossil species found in a giving area are usually succeeded by similar living species of this area. For instance the extinct marsupial file:///E|/CH2-EVIDENCE-SPRING-2008/CHAPTER2_SPR_2008.HTML[12/8/2011 11:22:00 AM]
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