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Chapter 01 (PPT 2.5 MB)

The evolutionary record and methods of reconstruction

Chapter 02 (PPT 2.7 MB)

Earliest forms of plant life

Chapter 03 (PPT 3.9 MB)

The colonization of land

Chapter 04 (PPT 6.5 MB)

The first forests

Chapter 05 (PPT 4.2 MB)

Major emergence of the seed plants

Chapter 06 (PPT 4.1 MB)

Flowering plant origins

Chapter 07 (PPT 3.2 MB)

The past 65 million years

Chapter 08 (PPT 2.1 MB)

Mass extinctions and persistent populations

Chapter 09 (PPT 0.9 MB)

Ancient DNA and the biomolecular record

Chapter 10 (PPT 3.0 MB)

Evolutionary theories and the plant fossil record