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During 2014 the content of my online course Human Evolution - past and future will be uploaded to here. It should be complete by the end of November. The process will be fluid. Incomplete pages will appear, and be revised as feedback is received.
Darwin's theory of evolution by descent from a common ancestor through the mechanism of natural selection is a central part of the course. However, this course treats Darwin's theory as it always has been treated in biology - as a foundation but incomplete, with problems, and sometimes inadequate.
EVOLUTION 517: HUMAN EVOLUTION – PAST AND FUTURE
- Course Outline (draft completed)
- Intro to Darwin: lecture 1 - the theory(draft completed)
- Intro to Darwin: lecture 2 - evidence for common descent(draft completed)
- Intro to Darwin: lecture 3 - thinking about(draft completed)
- scientific method(draft completed)
- Alternatives to Darwin : creation science, intelligent design, Lamarck(draft completed)
- Molecular biology: lecture one - cell anatomy, nucleus, chromosomes, genes, nucleosome(beginning made)
- Molecular biology: lecture two - protein synthesis, comparative genomics, epigenetics(beginning made)
- Problems for Darwin: lecture 1 - the origin of life and punctuated equilibrium(draft completed)
- Problems for Darwin: lecture 2 - convergent evolution and intermediate forms(draft completed)
- Problems for Darwin: lecture 3 - irreducible complexity(draft completed)
- Problems for Darwin: the step to human A - genetic change(draft completed)
- Problems for Darwin: the step to human B - multiregional hypothesis(draft completed)
- genome topology: lecture one - introduction, epenes, and areas for research(draft completed)
- ontogeny: lecture one - ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(draft completed)
- ontogeny: lecture two - evo devo, hox genes
- (human) genome mapping and comparative genomics
- genome topology: lecture two - applications and answers to the earlier questions and problems(draft completed)
- engineering human evolution: lecture one - eugenics and selective breeding(draft completed)
- engineering human evolution: lecture two - gene therapies and enhancement evolution
- engineering human evolution: lecture three - epenes and genome topology
- ethics: lecture one - transhumanism
- ethics: lecture two - engineering human 2.0(draft completed)
As the draft for each lecture is completed, I will indicate this. Comments are welcome. Email me tamakisports at xtra.co.nz If you spot any of the numerous errors please let me know.
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