Making Sense of Evolution

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.06.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background and Rationale
  3. Historical Innovations in Science
  4. Evolution: An Overview
  5. Whales and the evidence from Transitional Forms
  6. Classroom Activities and Strategies
  7. Appendix
  8. Bibliography
  9. Endnotes

Transitional Forms: The Evidence for Evolution by Natural Selection

Thomas L. Teague

Published September 2016

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Bibliography

Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. New York, NY: Viking, 2009.

Freeman, Scott, and Jon C. Herron. Evolutionary Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998.

Futuyma, Douglas J. "Chapter 4." Evolution. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2005. N. pag. Print. Fundamental information about geology and rock strata.

Liu, Joseph. "Public’s Views on Human Evolution." Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project RSS. 2013. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/publics-views-on-human-evolution/. Frames the public thinking around evolution topics.

"Rodhocetus." Rodhocetus. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/r/rodhocetus.html.

"The Evolution of Whales." The Evolution of Whales. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03. Provides commentary on how intermediate steps in whale evolution lived.

"The First Whale: Pakicetus." The First Whale: Pakicetus. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-first-whale-pakicetus/. Provides information about the discovery of Pakicetus and its distinctive whale like features.

"Vestigial Structures." Zoology of Professor Struthers. 2003. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zoohons/struthers/hind_limbs.hti.

"Whale Evolution and Adaptation." Whale Evolution. Accessed July 19, 2016. http://stories.anmm.gov.au/whale-evolution/. Provides an overview of whale evolution.

Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Explains the scientific landscape prior to Darwin’s mid 19th century expedition and publications.

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