课程介绍
ThiscoursewillevaluatetheentirehistoryoflifeonEarthwithinthecontextofourcutting-edgeunderstandingoftheTreeofLife.
课程目录
Week1
1.1.ScientificWorldView
1.2.PhilosophicalBenchmarksinScience
1.3.ScientificInquiryvsScientificMethod
1.4.TheScaleofTimeandSpace_PowersofTen
1.5.NASA’sGreetingCardtoAliens_TheGoldenRecord
1.6.DeepGeologicalTime
1.7.TheStructureoftheSolarSystem
1.8.BirthoftheEarth
1.9.ThePerfectStorm_ARecipeforLife
Week2
2.1.TheScientificInquiryofCarlWoese
2.9.OxygenationoftheAtmosphere
2.8.MicrobialMatsandStromatolites_LayingDownOntheJob
2.7.ThrowingRocksatEarth_TheMartianMeteorite
2.6.TheGeneticCodeandEvolutionaryTheory
2.5.HowDidLifeEmerge_
2.4.EvolutionoftheTreeofLife
2.3.RevolutionoftheTreeofLife.mp4
2.2.ThePlaceofCarlWoeseinEvolutionaryBiology
2.10.SnowballEarth;ItDidFreezeOver!
Week3
3.1.DCSI_DinoCrimeSceneInvestigators
3.2.AncientForensicScience_Fossilization
3.3.GettingOldandWell-Preserved_ModesofPreservation
3.4.OurSpinelessFriends_TheInvertebrates
3.5.LifestylesoftheRichandFossilized
3.6.TryingtoMakeaLiving_FossilFeedingModes
3.7.TheGreatExperimentoftheEdiacaranFauna
Week4
4.1.CyclesofRadiationandExtinction
4.9.HeavilyArmoredFishWithoutJaws
4.8.EvolutionofJawsandPerfectingPredation
4.7.Vertebrates_SuccessesofLifeWithaBackbone
4.6.PaleozoicFauna
4.5.Invertebrates_SuccessesofLifeWithoutaBackbone
4.4.BurgessShaleExperiment
4.3.CambrianFauna_OriginofVertebrates
4.2.CambrianExplosion
4.10.FishEvolution_Hook,Line,andSinker
Week5
5.1.PlantsInvadetheLandandSea
5.2_Early_Prevascular_Plants
5.3.TakeoveroftheVascularPlants
5.4.PennsylvanianGreenhouseEarth
5.5.RiseoftheReptiles
5.6.ReptilesHeatingUp_ThermalRegulation
5.7_ships_in_night
Week6
6.1.SymbiosisasaStrategyofSurvival
6.2.RiseoftheDiapsids
6.3.Pterosaurs_TheONLYFlyingReptiles
6.4.DinosaurPhylogeny_HipsDon'tLie
6.5.EvolutionofFlight_LifeInvadestheSky
6.6.WildWings_FittoFly
6.7.CretaceousWarmingonaReorganizedEarth
6.8.T.rex,andtheCraterofDoom
Week7
7.1.HouseoftheRisingMammals
7.2.MammalsConquertheEarth
7.3.BigisBeautiful
7.4.SophisticationofMammalSkulls
7.5.MammalianDentition_My,WhatBigTeethYouHave!
7.6.Mammals_TaxonomyisintheEyeoftheBeholder
7.7.Mammal-MarsupialExchange_ThereGoestheNeighborhood
7.8.ThePrimates
7.9.TheRiseofHumans_GettingaLegUpontheCompetition
7.10.EarlyHominids_TreesversusSavannahs
Week8
8.1.NASAAstrobiology_RoadmaptoLifeintheUniverse
8.2.NASA_APlatformforInter-DisciplinaryScience
8.3.MarsFlybysandOrbiters_GettingthePicture
8.4.MarsRovers_WastheRedPlanetHabitable_
8.5.NASAFutureMissions
8.6.NASAInstituteforUniversalBiology
8.7.ThinkandWonder…WonderandThink
8.8.TheEmergenceofLife_CourseSynthesis
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