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- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Date Added:
- 03/07/2018
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- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
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By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Describe the features that characterized the earliest animals and approximately when they appeared on earth
Explain the significance of the Cambrian period for animal evolution and the changes in animal diversity that took place during that time
Describe some of the unresolved questions surrounding the Cambrian explosion
Discuss the implications of mass animal extinctions that have occurred in evolutionary history
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/21/2018
Unrestricted Use
CC BY
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
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By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Define biodiversity in terms of species diversity and abundance
Describe biodiversity as the equilibrium of naturally fluctuating rates of extinction and speciation
Identify historical causes of high extinction rates in Earth’s history
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Material Type:
- Module
- Date Added:
- 09/21/2018