Evidence for Evolution – The Fossil Record

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Reconstructions of representative Eocene cetaceans.Clockwise from top: a beached Dorudon (Dorudontidae),Ambulocetus (Ambulocetidae), Pakicetus (Pakicetidae),Kutchicetus (Remingtonocetidae), and Rodhocetus(Protocetidae). <strong>The</strong>se cetaceans are shown together <strong>for</strong>comparison, but they were not contemporaries and lived indifferent environments. Artwork by Carl Buell.39
Page 1 and 2: Evidence for Evolution - The Fossil
Page 3 and 4: The Basic Story• Fossils are a re
Page 5 and 6: 2. Rapid Sedimentation• Rapid cov
Page 7 and 8: 4. Uplift• Great, but fossil nowb
Page 9 and 10: Good Spots for Fossilization• Mon
Page 11 and 12: Step 1: Stasis• In hypothetical c
Page 13 and 14: Step 3: Strong Selection• The new
Page 15 and 16: Step 4: Reintroduction• When the
Page 17 and 18: Step 6: Preservation• Population
Page 19 and 20: Takeaway Message:Conditions for fos
Page 21 and 22: Rock Strata: Real21
Page 23 and 24: Relative Dating of Strata• “Law
Page 26 and 27: Magnetostratigraphy• Earth’s ma
Page 28 and 29: Takeaway Points• As always, when
Page 30 and 31: First Impressions...• Bacterial l
Page 32 and 33: The Cambrian Explosion• About 550
Page 34 and 35: CarlSagan:CosmicCalendar34
Page 36 and 37: Arguments based on the fossil recor
Page 40 and 41: Human Evolution• From the standpo
Page 42 and 43: Overall Timelinehttp://www.fas.org/
Page 44 and 45: Yes, Humans Evolved• Not clear wh

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