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A. The Fossil Record
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The Law of Succession
pygmy armadillo
fossil glyptodont fossil Diprotodon
wombat
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The Fact of Extinction
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Fig. 22-3 Campbell and Reece
Younger stratumwith more recentfossils
Layers of depositedsediment
Older stratumwith older fossils
Rivers carry sediment into seas and swamps
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Fig. 22-15
Bristolia insolens
Bristolia bristolensis
Bristolia harringtoni
Bristolia mohavensis
Latham Shale dig site, SanBernardino County, California
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Fig. 25-4Present
Dimetrodon
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Fig. 25-5 Campbell and Reece
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Bias in the fossil record:Preservation biasTemporal bias
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Trends in Evolution
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Cope's rule: evolution tends to increase body size over geological time in a lineage of populations.
Figure: over the last sixty million years, the average weight of horses has increased ten fold.
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Understanding the type of trend (passive or driven) is importantDon’t over-interpret too much about mechanismsSelection can be going on in a passive system or in a driven one…