Paleobiology

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Paleobiology emphasizes fossils as organisms that provide information; on the origin of higher taxa, speciation, genealogical relatedness of all life, transformation of species, and macroevolutionary trends, as well as the response, over geological time, of Earths biota to environmental, ecological, and geographical changes. Paleobiology also emphasizes the role that fossil organisms play in reconstructing past environments and global paleogeography. Corequisite(s): EES6190L