Monthly Archive: February, 2013

Life Through Time – Evolutionary Palaeontology (Week 5)

The pdf of the lecture notes for week 5 can be found here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect5 Classifying species An interesting overview of fossils and the species concept can be read here. The International Code on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) explains why Carl von Linne/Carolus Linnaeus is the type specimen of Homo sapiens here. The Natural History Museum, meanwhile, explains the taxonomy of Neanderthals...

Life Through Time – Evolutionary Palaeontology (Part 3)

The lecture notes for the 3rd class – the Cambrian Explosion – can be downloaded here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect3 A University of Maryland website discussing ‘The Long Fuse of the Cambrian Explosion’ can be found here. High-quality artist’s impressions of the weirdos of the Cambrian can be found on National Geographic here. The fantastic Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) website about the Burgess...