| Note |
Course number 1518. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Macroevolution and major transitions ; Paleontology and geologic time ; Single, celled life, prokaryotes to eukaryotes ; Metazoans, the earliest multicellular animals ; The development of skeletons ; The rise of vertebrates -- disc 2. Colonization of the land ; Origins of insects and of powered flight ; Seed plants and the first forests ; From fish to 4-limbed animals ; The egg came first, early reptile evolution ; The origins and successes of the dinosaurs -- disc 3. Marine and flying reptiles ; Birds, the dinosaurs amoung us ; The first flowers and polinator coevolution ; Egg to placenta, early mammal evolution ; From land to sea, the evolution of whales ; Moving on up, the first primates -- disc 4. Apes, swinging down from the trees ; From 4 legs to 2, the hominin radiation ; First humans, toolmakers and hunter, gatherers ; From homo to sapiens, talking and thinking ; Our accelerating evolution ; Reflections on major transitions. |
| Performer |
Taught by Professor Anthony Martin, Emory University, and Professor John Hawks, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| System details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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| Series |
The great courses. Topic, Science & mathematics. Subtopic, Biology
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| Add'l Names |
Martin, Anthony J., 1960-
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Hawks, John (John David)
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| Other corporate author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598036824
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1598036823
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| STANDARD # |
PB1518A Teaching Co. |
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