This Weeks Learning Outcomes

Predict how a hybrid zone will change over time based on the relative fitness of the hybrid

offspring compared to the parental population.

Interpret a phylogenetic tree, describe the meaning of its specific nodes and branches.
Determine the evolutionary history of a trait using a phylogeny.
Use the following terminology appropriately: homology, convergent evolution, analogy, clade,
sister group, and synapomorphy
Describe how a molecular clock works and use a molecular clock to date phylogenetic events.
Describe how radioisotope dating works.
Briefly describe the distinguishing organisms and major biological events of the pre-Cambrian,
Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.
Describe why fossils only give us a glimpse of the past? And why (and how) the fossil record is
biased.
Understand how carbon-14 dating works.
Describe why oxygen is important for life on earth.