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Evolution 101
What is evolution and how does it work? Evolution 101 provides the nuts-and-bolts on the patterns and mechanisms of evolution. You can explore the following sections:
- An introduction to evolution
Evolution briefly defined and explained - The history of life: looking at the patterns
How does evolution lead to the tree of life? - Mechanisms: the processes of evolution
How does evolution work? - Microevolution
How does evolution work on a small scale? - Speciation
What are species anyway, and how do new ones evolve? - Macroevolution
How does evolution work on a grand scale? - The big issues
What are some of the big questions that evolutionary biologists are trying to answer?