History of Life

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Across
  1. 2. evolution of similar traits without heritage
  2. 4. German word for the diverse assemblage of fossils with exceptional preservation
  3. 6. phenotypic (or genotypic) trait associated with an increase in diversification
  4. 8. the small depression on the bottom of gastropod shells
  5. 9. when a geographic barrier separates populations and encourages speciation
Down
  1. 1. the disappearance of tissue or bone with time
  2. 3. when predators and prey develop adaptations in response to changes in the other
  3. 5. process that brings about species abundance
  4. 7. the ______ tells us different things about the evolutionary history of an organism than extant DNA
  5. 10. the period where hard-bodied animals begin to appear in the fossil record