Mr. Miller's class and Ms. Barr's class were given the assignment of taking and animal that exists today, and telling people what we think it will look like 200,000 years in the future. Our group chose the Frilled Lizard, who's scientific name is the Chlamydosaurus, and we predict that he will eventually evolve into a dragon like creature. But, of course, there are many steps that it will have to go through before our little lizard can become the new Alatum Lacerta (Winged Lizard)! These steps are the pieces of speciation, and the first step of that is separation. This is the act of taking a part of a population of animals, and putting it in a new environment. We think this will happen when the glaciers and ice-caps melt, and when the continents drift apart. This will put distance between land, and will force the Frilled Lizard to travel over large bodies of water to reach its food. The second step is Adaptation. This, obviously, is where the animal changes. As we already stated, we think it will develop wings. And we already told you why! But what we didn't tell you is how. The already present frill around the neck will split to create two flaps. Then they will move down the back of the lizard and eventually develop bones to create wings! The last step in creating a new animal is division. This means that, if the dragons were introduced to the o;d frilled lizards, they could mnot breed together to create a fertile offspring. And, if you take an animal and put it through these changes, they will eventually becime a new species!
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