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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Endnotes

  1. Liu, Joseph. "Public’s Views on Human Evolution." Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project RSS. 2013. Accessed July 16, 2016. http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/publics-views-on-human-evolution/
  2. Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
  3. Ibid
  4. Ibid
  5. Ibid
  6. Fatima, Douglas J. "Chapter 4." Evolution. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2005. N. pag. Print.
  7. Ibid
  8. Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
  9. Ibid
  10. Freeman, Scott, and Jon C. Herron. Evolutionary Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998.
  11. Ibid
  12. Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins, 2001
  13. Ibid
  14. Ibid
  15. Ibid
  16. Freeman, Scott, and Jon C. Herron. Evolutionary Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998.
  17. Zimmer, Carl. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 8
  18. Futuyma, Douglas J. "Chapter 4." Evolution. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2005. Print.
  19. Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. 2009.
  20. Ibid
  21. Ibid
  22. Ibid
  23. Ibid
  24. Ibid
  25. "Whale Evolution and Adaptation." Whale Evolution. Accessed July 17, 2016. http://stories.anmm.gov.au/whale-evolution/.
  26. Ibid
  27. Ibid
  28. Whale Evolution and Adaptation." Whale Evolution. Accessed July 17, 2016. http://stories.anmm.gov.au/whale-evolution/. Provides an overview of whale evolution.
  29. "The First Whale: Pakicetus." AMNH. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-first-whale-pakicetus/.
  30. Ibid
  31. Ibid
  32. "The Evolution of Whales." The Evolution of Whales. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_03.
  33. Ibid
  34. Ibid
  35. Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. 2009.
  36. “Rodhocetus.” http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/r/rodhocetus.html
  37. "Whale Evolution." AMNH. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/whales-giants-of-the-deep/whale-evolution/.
  38. Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. 2009.
  39. "Vestigial Structures." The Zoology of Professor Struthers. 2003. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zoohons/struthers/hind_limbs.hti.

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