What Darwin Didn't Know: The Modern Science of Evolution
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Course Description
Overview
Join a noted field biologist to survey how the theory of evolution has evolved.
Syllabus
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- 01: What Darwin Knew and Why It Still Matters
- 02: Inheritance: Darwin’s Missing Link
- 03: Genome Mutations: Evolution’s Raw Material
- 04: Gene Flow versus Natural Selection
- 05: Geology and Genes: The Geography of Life
- 06: Genetic Drift: When Evolution Is Random
- 07: Rapid Evolution within Species
- 08: Evolution in the Lab
- 09: The Many Origins of Species
- 10: Cambrian Explosion to Dinosaur Extinction
- 11: Reconstructing the Tree of Life with DNA
- 12: Human Evolution in All Directions
- 13: Evolution Doesn’t Repeat, but It Rhymes
- 14: The Evolution of Extreme Life
- 15: Imperfect Nature: Ad Hoc Body Designs
- 16: The Sterile Worker Paradox
- 17: Coevolution: Peace Accords and Arms Races
- 18: Microbiomes: Evolution with Small Partners
- 19: The Evolution of Brains and Behavior
- 20: The Evolution of Sex and Parenting
- 21: The Evolution of Aging and Death
- 22: Evolutionary Medicine
- 23: Gene Editing and Directed Evolution
- 24: The Future of Human Evolution
Taught by
Scott Solomon
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