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Evo in the News: What comes after mass extinctions?

Grade Level(s):

  • 13-16
  • Advanced

Source:

  • UC Museum of Paleontology

Resource type:

  • Evo in the News article

Time: 30 minutes

Overview

This news brief, from September 2012, describes the aftermath of mass extinctions--what happens to surviving species in the wake of a massive extinction event.

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  • [History of life: Grades 13-16] Biological evolution accounts for diversity over long periods of time.
  • [History of life: Grades 13-16] Mass extinctions occur.
  • [Evidence of evolution: Grades 13-16] The fossil record provides evidence for evolution.
  • [Evidence of evolution: Grades 13-16] The fossil record documents the biodiversity of the past.
  • [Evidence of evolution: Grades 13-16] The fossil record documents patterns of extinction and the appearance of new forms.
  • [Mechanisms of evolution: Grades 13-16] Occupying new environments can provide new selection pressures and new opportunities, leading to speciation.
  • [Studying evolution: Grades 13-16] Scientists use fossils (including sequences of fossils showing gradual change over time) to learn about past life.

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