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|Jan. 28||Kurt and Elizabeth||Excerpts from William Paley's "Natural Theology"<br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/PaleyNaturalTheology1824%20EXCERPT.pdf}} Design Argument<br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Paley2.pdf}} Paley on Selection<br>Excerpts from William Whewell's 1845 "Indications of the Creator" <br>  :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WhewellIndicationsOfTheCreator1845EXCERPT.pdf}} Final Causes<br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Whewell_Transmutation.pdf}} Transmutation of Species||
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|Jan. 28||Kurt and Elizabeth||Excerpts from William Paley's "Natural Theology"<br>  
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/PaleyNaturalTheology1824%20EXCERPT.pdf}} Design Argument<br>  
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Paley2.pdf}} Paley on Selection<br>
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Excerpts from William Whewell's 1845 "Indications of the Creator" <br>   
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/WhewellIndicationsOfTheCreator1845EXCERPT.pdf}} Final Causes<br>  
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Whewell_Transmutation.pdf}} Transmutation of Species||
 
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|Feb. 4||Bill ||Lamarck's Physiological Zoology (1809)<br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Lamarck_1809_Ch7.pdf}} Ch. 7-Influence of the Environment<br>  
 
|Feb. 4||Bill ||Lamarck's Physiological Zoology (1809)<br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Lamarck_1809_Ch7.pdf}} Ch. 7-Influence of the Environment<br>  
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|Feb. 11||Veronica||Darwin's and Wallace's 1858 Linnean Society Texts <br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Darwin_Wallace_1858.pdf}}  Text with Ghiselin commentary <br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/DarwinWallace_ProcLinSoc1858.pdf}} Original||[http://benfry.com/traces/ Visualization: The Preservation of Favored Traces] <br> -- a graphic representation of the changes to *On the Origin of Species* through its six editions. <br>
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|Feb. 11||Veronica||Darwin's and Wallace's 1858 Linnean Society Texts <br>
Owen's (anonymous) review of the Origin [http://www.victorianweb.org/science/science_texts/owen_review_of_origin.html link]
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Darwin_Wallace_1858.pdf}}  Text with Ghiselin commentary <br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Evolution%E2%80%99s%20red-hot%20radical.pdf}} Wallace: Evolution’s red-hot radical
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/DarwinWallace_ProcLinSoc1858.pdf}} Original || [http://benfry.com/traces/ Visualization: The Preservation of Favored Traces] <br/> -- a graphic representation of the changes to *On the Origin of Species* through its six editions. <br>
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Owen's (anonymous) review of the Origin [http://www.victorianweb.org/science/science_texts/owen_review_of_origin.html link]<br>
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Wallace Appreciations
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Evolution%E2%80%99s%20red-hot%20radical.pdf}} Red-hot radical {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Knapp_WallaceBiogeographyFounder_Science2013.pdf}} Biogeographer<br>
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Wallace-Darwin similarities: more than a coincidence?
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Davies_DarwinWallaceNonidenpendence_BiolJLinnSoc2013.pdf}} Davies {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB6485/restricted/Smith_Wallace-DarwinMail_BiolJLinnSoc2013.pdf}} Smith
 
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Revision as of 02:33, 14 February 2014

Course Information

Instructors: Kurt Schwenk and Elizabeth Jockusch
Meeting time: Tuesdays, 4-5 pm
Meeting place: Bamford Room

Resources

Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology List
Ned Friedman's page on early Evolutionists link
course pdf upload link
Class email list Pdficon small.gif

Discussion Schedule

Date Discussion Leader(s) Readings Additional Resources
Jan. 28 Kurt and Elizabeth Excerpts from William Paley's "Natural Theology"
Pdficon small.gif Design Argument
Pdficon small.gif Paley on Selection

Excerpts from William Whewell's 1845 "Indications of the Creator"

Pdficon small.gif Final Causes
Pdficon small.gif Transmutation of Species||
Feb. 4 Bill Lamarck's Physiological Zoology (1809)
 :Pdficon small.gif Ch. 7-Influence of the Environment

Excerpts from Owen on Homology and Types

Pdficon small.gif 1846Pdficon small.gif 1848 Pdficon small.gif 1849
Feb. 11 Veronica Darwin's and Wallace's 1858 Linnean Society Texts
Pdficon small.gif Text with Ghiselin commentary
Pdficon small.gif Original || Visualization: The Preservation of Favored Traces
-- a graphic representation of the changes to *On the Origin of Species* through its six editions.

Owen's (anonymous) review of the Origin link
Wallace Appreciations

Pdficon small.gif Red-hot radical Pdficon small.gif Biogeographer

Wallace-Darwin similarities: more than a coincidence?

Pdficon small.gif Davies Pdficon small.gif Smith
Feb. 18