Introduction to Paleontology

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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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