LaShundria Mims
Bio 102
October 5,2017
Evolution on a Large Scale
Speciation and Macroevolution
Macroevolution or the changes in a population over very long periods of time. The history of life
on Earth is a part of macroevolution which requires speciation the splitting of one species into
two or more new species. As species originate, they evolve adaptions to their environments.
Over time, these species may also undergo speciation, forming more species, or go extinct.
The members of different species can look quite similar, while the members of a single species,
