ANTH 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Epigenome, Noncoding Dna, Twin

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3 events: (geologic) (event) is a mass extinction living at that time; 90% die off; extinction rate has to be 250x the norm. Paleozoic era (570 250 mya: first organisms with skeletons showed up. Mesozoic era (250 60 mya) dinosaur era: went extinct because of event 2. Event 2: meteor hits earth 60 mya 90% die off: mammal like creatures like moles hid underground when meteor hit dinos. If not for this event (cid:373)a(cid:373)(cid:373)als (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e arou(cid:374)d. Cenozoic era (60 ongoing) age of mammals: we ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t do(cid:374)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h; relati(cid:448)e (cid:374)e(cid:449)(cid:272)o(cid:373)ers to the (cid:449)orld; sho(cid:449)ed up i(cid:374) the last (cid:1009) of the 60 years. Event 3: currently: currently extinction rate it 275x the norm. Science answers question on how things change. Religion is a given set of beliefs tells you why; helps you try to make sense of your place of universe. He came back from his 5 year trip on the beagle and he noticed (postulates)