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An Introduction to Zoology - Friday, 1st Period
“This week we’re going to start looking at extinction and evolution,” Cutter began that week’s lecture as he handed out his usual stack of notes
“Extinction is the process where it results in the disappearance of a population of species,” Cutter continued once he had handed out his notes, “there are a number of causes that can explain why a species went extinct, these range from asteroid strikes to loss of habitat and samples of extinct animals include the Dodo, Tasmanian Tiger and the Mammoth,”
“Meanwhile Evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations, relying on the process of natural explanation,” he explained, “there are different types of evolution, convergent evolution is when the same adaptations evolve independently under similar pressures and coevolution is where two species or groups of species have evolved alongside each other and they adapt to changes each other and finally adaptive radiation is where species split into different forms after there is a change in the environment makes new resources or creates new environmental challenges,”
“Extinction is the process where it results in the disappearance of a population of species,” Cutter continued once he had handed out his notes, “there are a number of causes that can explain why a species went extinct, these range from asteroid strikes to loss of habitat and samples of extinct animals include the Dodo, Tasmanian Tiger and the Mammoth,”
“Meanwhile Evolution is the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations, relying on the process of natural explanation,” he explained, “there are different types of evolution, convergent evolution is when the same adaptations evolve independently under similar pressures and coevolution is where two species or groups of species have evolved alongside each other and they adapt to changes each other and finally adaptive radiation is where species split into different forms after there is a change in the environment makes new resources or creates new environmental challenges,”