With proliferation of molecular phylogenies and advances in statistical modeling, phylogeneticists can now address macroevolutionary questions that had traditionally been the purview of paleontology. Interest has focused on three areas at the intersection of phylogenetic and paleontological research: time-scaling phylogenies, understanding trait evolution, and modeling species diversification. Fossil calibrations have long been crucial for scaling phylogenies to absolute time, but recent advances allow more equal integration of extinct taxa. Simulation and empirical studies have shown that fossil data can markedly improve inferences about trait evolution, especially for models with heterogeneous temporal dynamics and in clades for which the living forms are unrepresentative remnants of their larger clade. Recent years have also seen a productive cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature and uncertainties of inferring diversification dynamics. Challenges remain, but the present time represents a flo...

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将古生物学和系统发育方法整合到宏观进化中

随着分子系统发育的扩散和统计建模的进步，系统发育学家现在可以解决传统上属于古生物学研究范围的宏观进化问题。兴趣集中在系统发育和古生物学研究交叉的三个领域：时间尺度系统发育、理解性状进化和模拟物种多样化。长期以来，化石校准对于将系统发育扩展到绝对时间至关重要，但最近的进展允许更平等地整合已灭绝的分类群。模拟和实证研究表明，化石数据可以显着改善对性状进化的推断，特别是对于具有异质时间动态的模型以及在生命形式不是其较大进化枝的代表性残余的进化枝中。近年来，人们还就推断多元化动态的性质和不确定性进行了富有成效的跨学科对话。挑战依然存在，但现在的时代已经到来……