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Palaeobiology

This class was created by Brainscape user Thomas Phillips. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Thomas Phillips
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Decks in this class (15)

L1
The 5 steps to the palaeontologic...,
Collect fossil in the field,
Prepare fossil in the lab
22  cards
L2
In order to become a useful fossi...,
Shells can have material,
Why is the fossil record incomplete
30  cards
L3
Why is it important to understand...,
What are the two types of extraor...,
Concentration deposits
34  cards
L4
Calculating phylogenies method,
Problems of phylogenetic analysis...,
The cladistics revolution
28  cards
L5
Time is sub divided into a,
Temporal framework,
Continental configuration
25  cards
L6
Interpreting morphology,
Part 1 reconstructing the animal,
Fleshing up a dinosaur skeleton
31  cards
L7
Darwin on the fossil record,
Evolutionary patterns from the fo...,
Morphological disparity
33  cards
L8
Measuring biodiversity taxic appr...,
Measuring biodiversity taxic appr...,
The three main issues with the fo...
24  cards
L9
Timeline of evolution,
Palaeogenomics amber fossils,
Major and rapid advances in the l...
13  cards
L10
How we study human evolution temp...,
Various dating methods,
Ice house world
18  cards
L11
Dart s work in africa,
Robert broom,
Major australopithecine sites
24  cards
L12
1960 1963 discovery,
Why did the naming of homo habili...,
Human evolution process
17  cards
L13
Homo erectus facts,
Peking man,
Piltdown forgery
31  cards
L14
Where does h heidelbergensis fit in,
What did h heidelbergensis give r...,
Neanderthals
22  cards
L15
What happened to the neanderthals...,
Australia,
Evidence for travel to australia
17  cards

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