The Fossil Record: Patterns Over Time

Описание: Did you know that fossils can reveal patterns of life’s changes over time? Find out how in this educational video about how we can use fossil records to identify patterns of diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout Earth’s history.

This video is part of a broader lesson plan that is aligned with Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS4-1: "Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout Earth's history."

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Image of Extinction events: By Source: OpenStax, 2019 - John W. Wilson, Richard B. Primack: "Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa", Chapter 8: "Extinction Is Forever", Open Book Publishers, Cambridge, UK, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-78374-751-1, pp. 257–296, here p. 258, Figure 8.1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0177, License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Original URL of the image: https://books.openbookpublishers.com/..., CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...