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Jan 15:
no homework due today. LAB THIS WEEK!
and plot on this map the surface winds for the northern
hemisphere summer; bring to class on thursday.
For class on tuesday, Feb 5, please read the Lemley (pdf
here) and Stanley (pdf
here) articles and also listen to a podcast at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5705296
Please type and bring the answers to the questions
to class on Tuesday and be prepared for discussion
please read chapter 6: correlation and dating
complete the relative dating exercises found here
Email to me, before class, your answers to the following questions:
(1) what is meant by "adaptation"? Compare what modern
concepts (Darwinian evolution) of adaptation are to those of Jean
Babtiste Lamarck.
(2) according to the "puncutated equilibrium" mode of evolution,
the sudden morphologic change that appears in the fossil record is the
result of adaptations in populations that live on the periphery of a
species' geographic range; when environmental conditions change these
"peripheral isolates" expand their range. Contrast this to how
evolution by "phyletic gradualism" ocurs.
Debate Prep: In class on Thursday, April 10 we will meet
with partners
to outline your presentation (main points of your argument; main points
of what you expect the opposition to argue that you'll have to
rebut). I will circulate around and "butt in" with comments.
You should have read through chapters 11 and 12 (the Archean
and Proterozoic) in the text.
NOTE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR YOUR TERM PAPER IS DUE TO
CHAR, VIA EMAIL, BY APRIL 4TH (see syllabus for details about
what an 'annotated bibliography" is