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1. Inheritance

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   Phylogenetic Inheritance and Deep Time
   On geological timescales, inheritance manifests as the continuation of shared ancestry, resulting in biological diversification. Evolutionary pathways, however, are not purely additive. Certain dominant geological features appear to exert a non-random influence on the subsequent evolutionary trajectories of organisms inhabiting those regions. For instance, the [Great Divide System](/entries/gre…