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Introduction to Paleontology

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Paleontology Courses Geology Courses Biodiversity Courses Evolutionary Biology Courses Mass Extinctions Courses Taxonomy Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore the latest paleontological discoveries and what they reveal about life on Earth with the Smithsonian and an award-winning professor.

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: History on a Geological Scale
  • 02: Life Cast in Ancient Stone
  • 03: Tools of the Paleontological Trade
  • 04: How Do You Fossilize Behavior?
  • 05: Taxonomy: The Order of Life
  • 06: Minerals and the Evolving Earth
  • 07: Fossil Timekeepers
  • 08: Fossils and the Shifting Crust
  • 09: Our Vast Troves of Microfossils
  • 10: Ocean Fire and the Origin of Life
  • 11: The Ancient Roots of Biodiversity
  • 12: Arthropod Rule on Planet Earth
  • 13: Devonian Death and the Spread of Forests
  • 14: Life's Greatest Crisis: The Permian
  • 15: Life's Slow Recovery after the Permian
  • 16: Dinosaur Interpretations and Spinosaurus
  • 17: Whales: Throwing Away Legs for the Sea
  • 18: Insects, Plants, and the Rise of Flower Power
  • 19: The Not-So-Humble Story of Grass
  • 20: Australia's Megafauna: Komodo Dragons
  • 21: Mammoths, Mastodons, and the Quest to Clone
  • 22: The Little People of Flores
  • 23: The Neanderthal among Us
  • 24: Paleontology and the Future of Earth

Taught by

Stuart Sutherland

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