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Website
Tree of Life Project

The Tree of Life Web Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tree of Life Web Project contains information on living organisms including their history and characteristics. Over 3,000 web pages are linked together uniting all living things.
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Primary
Other

Evidence for Evolution: Formation of New Species

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. These pages offer an explanation of speciation using reproductive isolation and differences in phenotype.
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Handout
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: What Is a "Species"?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of different scientific approaches to defining the concept of species, using the red crossbill (a seed-eating finch) as an example. Learn what is meant by the biological species concept and the phylogenetic species concept.