(Same as Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences M118.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 110 or 117 or Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences 116. Consideration of major factors that have influenced history of life, including analytical approaches to analyzing patterns in fossil record, nature of rock record, and contribution of data from stable isotopes, functional morphology, phylogenetics, and developmental biology. P/NP or letter grading.