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Evolution: Geological Time, Primate and Human Evolution, and Molecular Evolution

Objectives

  • Identify major geological and evolutionary events.
  • Create a scaled timeline of major evolutionary events and indicate the approximate date of each.
  • Calculate the proportion of Earth’s history for which various groups of organisms have existed.
  • List derived characteristics of primates and humans.
  • Distinguish between primitive and advanced characteristics in primate facial and skull bones.
  • Analyze evolutionary relationships using molecular (DNA) evidence.

This lab has three parts.

I. Geological and Evolutionary Timeline

II. Primate and Human Derived Characteristics

III. Molecular Evolution

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