Third Exhibition Room@@@- Evolution and the diversity of life -
The long history since the origin of life about 3.8 billion years ago has increased the diversity in the global biota. This great diversity of body plan and shapes is the result of evolution. Diversity is the key to solving the mystery of evolution. Let us step into the world of biodiversity.
19. Speciation Fish speciation in Lake Biwa-ko (Three kinds of crusian carps ; Three kinds of catfish)
20. Dispersal
- 20A. Migration of butterflies (Oversea dispersal of great eggflies ; Seasonal migration of chestnut tigers ; Mass flight of rice skippers)
- 20B. Dispersal of seed plants
21. Coevolution
- 21A. Interactions between flowers and insects (Pollination)
- 21B. Mimesis and mimicry of insects
22. Evolutionary diversity of insects (Adaptive radiation in beetles ; Insects in various environments)
23. Zoogeography of insects
24. Sea as the cradle of life
- 24A. Coral reef inhabited by various animals
- 24B. Intertidal life
- 24C. Living fossils (Slit shells, Nautilus, Horse-shoe crabs)
- 24D. Deep-sea animals
- 24E. Animal phylogeny
- 24F. Marine huge animals and seaweed
25. Whence come we?
- 25A. Backboned animals
- 25B. Mammalian skeletons and their functions (Marsupials ; Herbivores ; Carnivores ; Omnivorous carnivores ; Apes and monkeys ; Teeth of mammals)
- 25C. Human skeletons
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