Anthro 140

Anthro 140 – Biological Anthro, Segment #4 examines how evidence from the fossil record and the new perspectives provided by the evolutionary development “revolution” have been combined and integrated to develop more informed explanations of various great transformations in the history of life. This segment (Course Segment #4) we will consider the deep time evolutionary development of modern birds of prey, dolphins, whales, and horses. The final course segment examines the evolutionary development of the Order Primates, with an emphasis on the evolution of the Hominini  and the practical application of that knowledge in our day-to-day lives.

1. Read and take notes on the following texts:

Explorations: An Open Invitation…” Ch. 7 – Understanding the Fossil Context     Link:  https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/explorationsbioanth/chapter/__unknown__-7/ (Links to an external site.)

“Endless Forms: The New Science of Evo-Devo” by Sean Carroll  The entire book is very good but you can just read the highlights in the Introduction, Ch. 1 – 5, 10 & 11. To view or download a PDF of the entire book, click this link: Endless Forms Most Beautiful S. Carroll.pdf

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2. Read and take notes on the following articles or handouts:

“The Whale and the Virus” by Zimmer and Emlen (to view or download a PDF of the article, click on this link:  The Whale and the Virus.pdf

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Handout “HO Birds Dolphins Whales Horses” (to view or download a PDF of this handout, click on this link: HO Evo of Birds, Dolphins, Whales, Horses Fa 20.docx

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3. Watch and take notes on the following Doc Talk Zoom lectures.

A140/141L Doc Talk #3 – “Explaining the Great Transformations”

URL/link   https://4cd.zoom.us/rec/share/oynCfeiFgX7FBCmCqsNWTckNGqwVai0ROY_sesOIZPC104Arpomux0xYaSvZz56V.Z2j6whGZFc-Q0alU?startTime=1593645675000 (Links to an external site.)

Doc Talk #4 – “The Evolution of Whales”

Link: https://4cd.zoom.us/rec/share/Y6UEmTCDvZztqxrOQnD3NocXqDLxJsKwvQz_OaDxrTsAftuAWpnbvKf9VwNaLPCK.qf3jp3ByOp1b7blu?startTime=1594180635000 (Links to an external site.)

4. Watch/ review and take notes on the following videos:

JUST ADDED 10/22!  The “Amazing Evolution of Eyes (Nature documentary) HD”

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuuan74brFM&t=121s (Links to an external site.)

“Evolution: The Great Transformations” on YouTube

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBSoyVurL4Y (Links to an external site.)

“The Dinosaur-Feather Mystery” available on YouTube

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZ6X_5-X6E&t=392s (Links to an external site.)

“When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time” This excellent video, which introduces many key concepts for this course, is available on Amazon Prime Video; Amazon Prime may charge you a few bucks  (in addition to needing to have a Prime account) but this video provides very good overviews of the evolution of crocodilians (from 0:00 to 31:00) , theropod dinosaurs/ birds (from 31:00 to 52:25), whales (from 52:25 to 1:13:32), proboscideans, and the recently named Anthropocene Epoch. Pay particular attention to the segments on the evolution of “birds” (from 31:00′ to 52:25′)  and of “whales” (from 52:25′ to 1:13:32′ of the video).

You should also view another, shorter video, also entitled “When Whales Walked” that focuses on whales.

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSRKtT_9vw (Links to an external site.)

“The Dawn of the Mammals” from “Rise of Animals: The Triumph of the Vertebrates” S01, Ep02

/link   https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x70j1y7 (Links to an external site.)

“Evolution of the Horse: Horses for Courses, an Evolutionary Radiation”

Linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtX3ir4eWMM (Links to an external site.)