Paleontology

  1. Macroevolution and the Fossil Record
    1. Patterns of Evolution
      1. Adaptive Radiation
        1. Rapid Diversification
        2. Convergent Evolution
          1. Analogous Structures
          2. Co-evolution
            1. Predator-Prey Arms Races
              1. Plant-Animal Interactions
            2. Modes of Speciation
              1. Phyletic Gradualism
                1. Punctuated Equilibria
                2. Phylogenetics and Systematics
                  1. Cladistics
                    1. Principles of Cladistics
                      1. Character Matrices
                      2. Reading Phylogenetic Trees
                        1. Tree Topology
                          1. Monophyly
                            1. Paraphyly
                              1. Polyphyly
                              2. Molecular Paleontology and Ancient DNA
                                1. DNA Recovery from Fossils
                                  1. Molecular Clocks
                                2. Mass Extinctions
                                  1. The "Big Five" Extinction Events
                                    1. End-Ordovician
                                      1. Late Devonian
                                        1. End-Permian
                                          1. End-Triassic
                                            1. End-Cretaceous
                                            2. Causes and Consequences
                                              1. Volcanism
                                                1. Asteroid Impacts
                                                  1. Climate Change
                                                    1. Ocean Anoxia
                                                    2. The Anthropocene and the Sixth Extinction
                                                      1. Human Impacts on Biodiversity
                                                        1. Conservation Paleobiology

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                                                    1. Introduction to Paleontology