Classic Works in Evolutionary Biology S2014
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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
Discussion Schedule
Date | Discussion Leader(s) | Readings | Additional Resources |
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Jan. 28 | Kurt and Elizabeth | Excerpts from William Paley's "Natural Theology" : Design Argument : Paley on Selection Excerpts from William Whewell's 1845 "Indications of the Creator" : Final Causes : Transmutation of Species |
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Feb. 4 | Bill | Lamarck's Physiological Zoology (1809) : Ch. 7-Influence of the Environment Excerpts from Owen on Homology and Types 1846 1848 1849 |
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Feb. 11 | Veronica | Darwin's and Wallace's 1858 Linnean Society Texts : Text with Ghiselin commentary : 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 |
Feb. 18 |