This book describes how evolutionary history is studied using
several well-known examples and also using evolutionary trees.
Evolutionary trees are analyzed and used to explain adaptive
radiations of orchids and the diversification of bats over geologic
time. Evolutionary trees and genetic evidence is used to infer when
and from what ancestors terrestrial plants evolved and invaded
land. Specific adaptations of early land plants led to the
evolution of terrestrial plants and their success on land. Evidence
about the ancestors and habitats of humans is used to infer and
analyze the evolution of the human family tree, whose populations
were subject to the same forces of evolution to which other species
are subject. Human evolution was not linear, involved offshoot
species that did not survive, and took many thousands of years. In
contrast, evolution can be seen in just a few years or less in
other examples, and analysis of the evolution of mechanisms of
pesticide resistance in insects will be used to illustrate this
rapid evolution.
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