Friday, March 23, 2012

movie notes

  • animals can be fossilized if buried under volcanic rock
  • fossils are found of animals that have evolved and not have become extinct.
  • life has been evolving on earth for 4 billion years.
  • the very first forms of life began in the oceans
  • mostly in the form of unicellular bacteria
  • the method of reproduction causes more diversity between individuals.
  • fish soon were able to breathe out of water, this changed into amphibians
  • reptiles evolved and ruled the earth, when the dinosaurs died birds and animals became dominant
  • man came 2 million years ago
  • genetics is a prime tool in figuring out evolution