Inrtoduction:

Question 1

What is Macroevolution?

Answer 1

The study of large-scale evolutionary changes typically above the species level, exiting how major groups of organisms have evolved over millions of years

Question 2

What does the concept replaying the tape of life suggest?

Answer 2

It raises questions about the predictability of evolutionary outcomes, considering whether current biodiversity is due to contingent events or deterministic factors.

Question 3

What are the three key lines of diversification due to the predictability of animal diversity?

Answer 3

1. Predictable pattens of diversification due to ecological opportunities following mass extinction s
2. The prevalence of convergent evolution
3. The consistency impact of key innovations on evolutionary trajectories

Question 4

What is the thesis statement?

Answer 4

If we could replay the tape of life, starting in T, animal diversity would look broadly similar to what we observe in the present.

Question 5

What does examining the lines of evidence do?

Answer 5

By examining the lines of evidence, we can gain insight into the degree of predictability in evolutionary history and the forces that shaped the diversity of life on earth

Question 6

What does examining the lines of evidence do?

Answer 6

By examining the lines of evidence, we can gain insight into the degree of predictability in evolutionary history and the forces that shaped the diversity of life on earth

Question 7

Where does the evidence of macroevolution come from?

Answer 7

Fossil records, extant species, genomes, and developmental pathways