Macroevolution

Question 1

What is macroevolution?

Answer 1

• the change that occurs at or above the level of species over long periods of time

Question 2

What does macroevolution include?

Answer 2

• the remarkable trends and transformations in evolution
• such as the origin of mammals and the radiation of flowering plants

Question 3

What is phylogeny?

Answer 3

• the scientific study of evolutionary relationships among species

Question 4

What phylogenetics?

Answer 4

• the study of evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms which have been discovered through various lines of evidence

Question 5

What is the tree of life?

Answer 5

• a metaphor describing the relationship of all life on Earth in an evolutionary context