{"id":93,"date":"2017-07-26T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/odonnell17online\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:19:11","slug":"week-6-evolution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/sf-aug-4\/week-6-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 06: Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for my OTHER favorite unit &#8211; evolution!<\/p>\n<p>Like ecology, we&#8217;re talking about a field this week that is influenced by a variety of different fields and can be studied at different scales, from molecular evolution to the evolution of new species. We&#8217;re going to be looking at the ends of the timeline of the study of evolutionary biology. We&#8217;ll start by reading some original Darwin from\u00a0<em>On the Origin of Species<\/em> to looking at rapid, human-influenced evolution in the present day. Along the way, we&#8217;ll be exploring hypotheses and data visualization.<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Objectives:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>understand the requirements for evolution to occur via natural selection<\/li>\n<li>explore Darwin&#8217;s original hypothesis and why it is now established theory<\/li>\n<li>create data visualizations that illustrate natural selection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 6 Class 10 [day\/date] Required Readings\/Videos:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SF video:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pHQxVh_kEBY\">Evolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reading: <\/strong>Darwin, C. 1859. <em>On the Origin of Species. <\/em>Selections from the first four chapters. See reading list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 6 Class 10 [day\/date] OPTIONAL Readings\/Videos<\/h3>\n<p>If you need a refresher about different types of graphs, watch this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9BkbYeTC6Mo\"> YouTube video<\/a>. <strong>NOTE<\/strong>: When creating slideshows for talks, figures can have titles, but for this course, we&#8217;re going to follow how a figure would appear in a scientific journal (with a descriptive caption and <strong>NO TITLE<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get some perspective on evolutionary thinking before Darwin, definitely check out the paper below. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Darwin was not the first to figure out a mechanism for evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>OPTIONAL Reading:<\/strong> Malik AH, JM Ziermann, and R Diogo. An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin\u2019s time.\u00a0<em>Journal of Biological Education.<\/em>\u00a052(1):3-17.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00219266.2016.1268190\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Unit 6 Class 10 [day\/date] Self-Assessment<\/h3>\n<p>[insert form]<\/p>\n<h3>Unit 6 Class 11 [day\/date] Required Readings\/Videos:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading:<\/strong> Palumbi-2001. Humans as the world\u2019s greatest evolutionary force. <em>Science. <\/em>293(5536):1786-1790<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reading:<\/strong> Harris, Taylor, Taylor. <em>CatchUp Math and Statistics for the Life Sciences<\/em>. New York: WH Freeman and Company. Ch. 28 and 29. 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