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The Fossil Record and Life's History - Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

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This lecture uses the fossil record to examine how life diversified and changed over geological time, focusing on radiation, extinction, and stasis.

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- Chapter 1. Introduction
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- Chapter 2. Cambrian Animal Radiation
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- Chapter 3. Plant Radiation and Vertebrates Coming Ashore
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- Chapter 4. Patterns in Radiation of Life
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- Chapter 5. Vanished Communities of Life
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- Chapter 6. Stasis
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- Chapter 7. Summary
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